Discussion
 
The Efficiency of PAA treatment has been intensively studied. The main aim for treatment of PAA is to avoid threatening complications. The bad prognosis is due to embolic occlusion of the popliteal artery with occlusion of the lower limb vessels.
The amputation rate due to ischemia following of a popliteal artery aneurysm is over 25%.
Well-known and accepted therapies are PAA resection or exclusion and revascularization through bypass. By introduction of the endovascular therapy in the vascular surgery, the endovascular treatment of the PAA runs in competition to the traditional bypass solution. Till now, the gold standard method of repair remains controversial.