RETROGRADE LASER CROSSING OF A LEFT SFA OCCLUSION WITH AN AMBIGUOUS PROXIMAL CAP

Endovascular treatment of femoralaretry occlusion is an increasingly common act, we have several mean sat our disposal to guide us during the treatment of occlusion of the femoral arteries, and with the advent of this new type of laser usedwithout a guidewire, the Dabra Laser represents an interesting alternative in our hands. Wedescribe the case of a 52-year-old man presented to ourclinicwithsevere intermittent claudication of the leftleg. A preoperative lower extremity arterial ultrasound indicated a long left superficial femoralartery (SFA) occlusion that was approximately 30 cm in length.We treated this patient with the new Laser technique DABRA retrogradely using the left anterior tibial artery with good final result.