Pilot Randomized Clinical Study of the Iliac Arteries and Common Femoral Artery With Stenting and the Iliac Arteries With Stenting and Plasty of the Common Femoral Artery

Retrograde femoral access. Brachial access. Standard endovascular access is performed under local anesthesia and affected arterial segment is visualized. Stenosis or artery occlusion is passed with hydrophilic guide. In case of occlusion transluminal or subintimal (often "mixed") artery recanalization is performed. To maximize the preservation of the affected artery initial patency, occlusion recanalization is performed by ante-and retrograde accesses. Then stenosis or occlusion predilation is performed with balloon catheter (balloon catheter diameter is smaller than the affected artery diameter for 1-2 mm). After control angiography stent is installed in the aorta-iliac area throughout the lesion (lesion diameter corresponds to the stenotic arteries diameter). In aorta-iliac zone balloon-expandable and self-expandable stents are used.

Standard access to the CFA is performed. Outflow ways and CFA capability for reconstruction are determined. The puncture of the general CFA (retrograde) is performed and the introducer 7Fr. is set. Recanalization of iliac artery occlusion. It is necessary to cross the iliac occlusion in a retrograde fashion first and secure aortic inflow before making the arteriotomy. An ipsilateral, a contralateral and a brachial approaches are used depending on the clinical situation. If the retrograde access to the aorta failed, you use the antegrade crossing of the iliac occlusion with no intention to reenter the lumen in the CFA. After the recanalization and balloon angioplasty of iliac artery we completed the procedure with endarterectomy of CFA, patch closure and iliac stenting. The preference is to perform endarterectomy and patch before iliac stenting because it can be difficult to access the true lumen in a difficult CFA lesion. Controlling angiography were performed. Closing approach.