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I am writing in response to the questions posed by Dr  Bihui Zhang. All the procedures reported in the paper were carried out in the office-based endovascular center. It is a lot easier to get hemostasis at the puncture site while using the tibial approach compared with the distal superficial femoral artery or popliteal approach. This increases the sa fety of the procedure being carried out in the office laboratory. We use a hockey-stick ultrasound probe to enter the tibial artery. We believe that the use of this probe has helped us reach 100% success in cannulating the artery.
Source: Journal of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research