TY - BOOK AU - Ahmed Ryead Towfiek AU - Magdy Abdelwahab Hagag , AU - Mohamed Hany Hefny , AU - Mohamed Ibrahim Sharkawy , TI - Balloon angioplasty with optional stenting versus primary nitinol stenting in the femoropopliteal disease / PY - 2012/// CY - Cairo : PB - Ahmed Ryead Towfiek , KW - Angioplasty KW - Nitinol stent KW - Primary arterial diseal disease N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery; Issued also as CD N2 - Controversy still exists regarding the best endovascular treatment strategy for patients with symptomatic disease of the femoro-popliteal segment . There are conflicting data regarding the benefits of stenting and the role of primary stenting compared with balloon angioplasty with provisional stent implantation in this segment of the arterial tree ER -