A new procedure offered through Powers Health is helping people with a common circulatory condition improve mobility and lessen leg pain.
The procedure is called percutaneous transmural arterial bypass. It uses a system called DETOUR to treat lower extremity peripheral artery disease (PAD). PAD is the narrowing or blockage of the vessels that carry blood from the heart to other parts of the body, especially the legs.
The minimally invasive approach creates a new pathway for blood flow using the patient’s femoral vein as a channel to bypass blockages in the arteries of the leg. It carries a lower rate of infection than open surgical bypass, and patients typically spend one day in the hospital.
Dr. Dean Ferrera, Powers Health interventional cardiologist, was the first in the health care system to perform the procedure. Ferrera is joined by interventional cardiologists Dr. Shadi Halabi, Dr. Anas Safadi and Dr. Kais Yehyawi in offering this procedure within Powers Health.
“Having worked with many challenging and complex PAD patients, I now see a great opportunity in caring for both straightforward and complex disease states,” Ferrera said in a press release. “The DETOUR system is breakthrough technology – offering a lesser invasive alternative to surgery with high rates of success and strong patency.”
Ferrera and Dr. Shadi Halabi have partnered on a number of cases and witnessed the impact on patients.
“For patients with complex forms of PAD, this treatment helps improve their quality of life,” Safadi said.
