Overview

In lower limb peripheral arterial disease, the stage of intermittent claudication has a prevalence of more than 5% over the age of 60, and affects patients who are often still active. Frequent anatomical lesions are strictures / occlusions of the superficial femoral artery.

There is a current low level of evidence for the treatment modalities of long lesions (15-25 cm) of the superficial femoral artery and in particular no clinical trial comparing the femoro-popliteal bypass to the endovascular procedure whose patency in retrospective series. appears lower than that of surgery but nevertheless appears in the European recommendations for first-line treatment, with the absence of a dedicated trial being highlighted.

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adult patient
• Effective contraception for the duration of research for fertile women of childbearing age
• Unilateral Rutherford 2 or 3 symptomatic Lower Extremity Artery Disease (LEAD) arteritic patient with a lesion of the superficial femoral artery Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society Consensus (TASC) C or D between 15 and 25 cm
• Patient eligible for bypass surgery and endovascular procedure
• No alteration of the upstream flow (iliac flow preserved or restored)
• Patient with at least one patent artery below the knee
• Patient informed and having signed the information and consent form to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Known pregnancy or breastfeeding
• Iliac flow altered upstream
• History of surgery or stent on the affected superficial femoral artery
• Concomitant bacteremia (positive blood cultures in the 7 days preceding the procedure)
• Known intolerance to antiaggregants or heparin
• Contraindication to the endovascular procedure (severe renal failure contraindicating the injection of contrast product despite prior hydration, known severe allergy to iodinated contrast product [unless the center chooses to use carbon dioxide injection]) or bypass surgery (cardiovascular, respiratory or other comorbidities, contraindicating general anesthesia, local contraindications for bypass: skin lesion at the operative site)
• No affiliation to a social security regime or to another social protection regime
• Patient deprived of liberty or under legal protection (guardianship, trusteeship)
• Inability, according to the investigator, to understand or refusal to sign the informed consent to participate in the study (non-French speaking patient, cognitive disorders)
• Ongoing participation in another research protocol Participation in non-interventional research is authorized

Secondary exclusion criterion:

• Negative opinion from the anesthesiologist-resuscitator at the end of the pre-anesthetic consultation
• Positive pregnancy test from the pre-operative laboratory test (result received after obtaining consent, but before the surgical procedure)