WHEN THE DOCTOR WOULD RECOMMENDED A FEMOROPOPLITEAL SURGERY? IN INDIA

Patients, who have narrowed or blocked femoral or popliteal arteries, which are near the surface of the legs are recommended the fem-pop bypass surgery because that blocked femoral artery may cause significant symptoms or it may threaten the limb (http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/Femoropopliteal-bypass-fem-pop-bypass-for-peripheral-arterial-disease). The disease of the arteries of the limbs is known as Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD). PAD can be cured in two ways – the standard procedure is called femoral popliteal bypass surgery and the new intervention called Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA) of the femoral artery.