Comparison of Prosthetic Femoropopliteal Bypass Versus Viabahn Endoprosthesis for Treatment of Symptomatic Femoral Artery Occlusion

Texas Vascular Associates

Status: Completed

Conditions: Claudication; Rest Pain; Lower Extremity Ischemia; Atherosclerosis

Treatments: Procedure: Femoral-popliteal bypass; Procedure: Stent-graft placement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT00962897

009-198, Viabahn #2

Details and patient eligibility

About

A retrospective review with four year followup on patients that had previously been enrolled in a study to evaluate blockages in the lower legs. The study looked at patients that had undergone a bypass of the leg from the groin to the knee area with an incision in each area using general anesthesia. These patients were compared to others who had undergone treatment with balloon dilatation and stents in the arteries in the thighs with only numbing medicine. The study was completed two years ago and was initially designed to look at outcomes at 24 months. Now the investigators are trying to go back and look at outcomes of these patients' treatment at 4 years by simply reviewing their records.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Symptomatic lower extremity ischemia patients treated by femoral-popliteal bypass or percutaneous covered stent graft in previous prospective study

Exclusion criteria

• NA

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Surgical Bypass Group

Description:

Those patients that underwent bypass of blockage in the thigh with surgery.

Treatment:

Procedure: Femoral-popliteal bypass

Stent-graft group

Description:

Patients that underwent treatment of blockage in the thigh with balloon angioplasty and stent placement.

Treatment:

Procedure: Stent-graft placement