Percutaneous Femoropopliteal Recanalization Using a Completely Transpedal/Transtibial Approach

To report preliminary experience with femoropopliteal revascularization using a completely transpedal/transtibial approach.

Three patients with Rutherford 3-4 disease underwent revascularization of TASC C/D lesions using a pedal/tibial artery as the only site of arterial access.

One patient with a chronic superficial femoral artery occlusion had continuity achieved to the common femoral artery using a dedicated reentry device and stenting; in a second patient, an occluded popliteal artery stent was successfully revised with an endograft; and in a third patient with morbid obesity, a chronic SFA occlusion was successfully stented. All patients experienced complete resolution of presenting symptoms; no puncture site complications were seen.

Use of a pedal/tibial approach as the sole site of arterial access may become an important access technique for femoropopliteal revascularization when patients have limited femoral access options.