Is Surgery the Only Fate of the Patient with Leriche Syndrome? Our Endovascular Therapy Results Early Follow-Up Outcomes
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1532/hsf.4691Keywords:
Leriche syndrome, Endovascular treatment, Chronic aorto-iliac occlusive diseaseAbstract
Aim: In this research, we aimed to present early follow-up results of the endovascular treatment in patients with Leriche syndrome at our single center.
Methods and materials: Between October 2020 and January 2022, 14 patients with Leriche syndrome (12 men, two women) who underwent endovascular treatment at our center retrospectively were evaluated. Before the treatment, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) was found 0.50 ± 0.11 on the right leg and 0.45 ± 0.09 on the left leg.
Results: All of the patients with Leriche syndrome applied to our clinic for the first time. In five patients, the fully occluded lesion length was over 3 cm (ranging between 3.5-7.2 cm), hence they were treated with aortic and bilateral iliac bare metallic stents. Although in one patient, the aortic occluding lesion was below 3 cm; it was treated with a bare aortic and bilateral bare iliac stent application because the lesion in the aorta was too calcific. In eight patients, the lesion length was less than 3 cm, bilateral iliac metal bare stents were applied in a kissing stent way.
Conclusion: Endovascular therapy for chronic aorto-iliac occlusive disease has an early high technical success with primary and secondary patency rates. Especially in patients with high risk factors, it may be considered as a good alternative to conventional surgery.
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