Of these, five required more extensive endarterectomy, three of the distal aorta and two of the contralateral IA. Sixteen of the 25 endarterectomies required common femoral artery endarterectomy ...

However, a remote endarterectomy can sometimes be complicated by heavy calcification within the artery wall or by a perforation in a sinuous iliac artery. A conversion to a more extensive surgical ...