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Popliteal Artery Aneurysm

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The guidelines do not recommend whether treatment of popliteal artery aneurysms (PAA) should be performed with open repair (OR) or endovascular repair (ER). Current evidence is limited. Nonetheless, there are no significant safety concerns against ER of PAA. ER can, in individual cases, be considered a useful alternative to OR. There is, however, no known advantage of ER in comparison to OR in terms of patency, mortality and cost effectiveness.

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  1. Department of Vascular Medicine, University Heart and Vascular Center at University Clinics Hamburg–Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

    E. Sebastian Debus

  2. Former Medical Director, Community Hospital Altoetting-Burghausen, Burghausen, Germany

    Reinhart T. Grundmann

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Debus, E.S., Grundmann, R.T. (2017). Popliteal Artery Aneurysm. In: Evidence-based Therapy in Vascular Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47148-8_11

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