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AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERIAL BYPASS GRAFTS
Author(s) -
DEVINE T. J.,
MYERS K. A.,
SCOTT D. F.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1979.tb04942.x
Subject(s) - medicine , claudication , intermittent claudication , aortoiliac occlusive disease , surgery , arterial disease , vascular disease
The results of 24 axillofemoral arterial bypass grafts performed over a five‐year period are presented. This extraanatomical technique of arterial reconstruction is valuable following removal of an infected aortic Dacron graft and for limb salvage or severe intermittent claudication in selected poor‐risk patients with aortoiliac occlusive disease. There were few early complications and the early patency rate was excellent, but the long‐term success of the operation is uncertain.