New treatment option for patients with complex PAD
HonorHealth is the first and only healthcare provider in Arizona approved to perform a new percutaneous transmural arterial bypass (PTAB) procedure. PTAB therapy provides a new treatment option for patients with complex peripheral artery disease who have a blockage in the arteries supplying blood to their foot, enabling surgeons to bypass lesions in the superficial femoral artery and use stents routed through the femoral vein to restore blood flow to the leg. PTAB can be a good solution for patients with long obstructions in the superficial femoral artery, those with previously failed endovascular procedures, and those who may not be ideal candidates for surgical bypass.
Venkatesh Ramaiah, MD, vascular surgeon and a principal investigator in the multi-year FDA study, and Hasan Aldailami, MD, vascular surgeon, are the two physicians trained to perform this leading-edge procedure at HonorHealth.
“This procedure is a minimally invasive approach that utilizes endovascular techniques to create a bypass around the diseased area, which allows our patients to recover much faster and likely allow them to go home within a day versus a multi-night stay in the hospital,” says Dr. Ramaiah. “I’ve been in practice for almost 25 years, and we’ve been heavily involved in the education and research needed to develop and introduce new technology or new devices, like PTAB, into the market.”
“It’s a great privilege to work at a place where we’re continuously innovating, and the PTAB procedure is a perfect example,” says Dr. Aldailami. “We’re now able to provide our patients with therapies that just a few months ago weren’t available. We can deliver the same benefits of an open bypass procedure with less risk because it’s completely percutaneous, requiring a single incision in the groin and another small incision in the calf area.”
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