Haitham Ahmad Abdulazez

Subintimal angioplasty for the management of long segment occlusions of the superficial femoral artery , feasibility and short term results / توسيع الانسدادات الطويلة فى الشريان الفخذى السطحى باستخدام تقنية المرور من تحت الملتحمة : الامكانية والنتائج قصيرة المدى Haitham Ahmad Abdulazez ; Supervised Mohamed Hosni Eldessoky , Ayman Mohamed Atef Elsamadoni , Ahmad Gamal Eldin Fouad - Cairo : Haitham Ahmad Abdulazez , 2012 - 103 P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of General Surgery

Subintimal angioplasty is such a procedure that provides a means to open a totally occluded blood vessel . This technique requires that a wire pass within the wall of a blood vessel but not within the occluded " true " lumen of the vessel . Once a wire has been re - entered into the natural , true lumen of the blood vessel , below the occlusion , a ballon is used to open this new pathway



Feasibility and short term Long segment SFA occlusive diseases Subintimal intimial angioplasty