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DESCENDING THORACIC AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS FOR DISTAL AORTIC RECONSTRUCTION AFTER REMOVAL OF AN INFECTED DACRON PROSTHESIS
Author(s) -
Buxton Brian,
Simpson Laurence,
Johnson Neil,
Myers Ken
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130075.x
Subject(s) - medicine , prosthesis , surgery , thoracic aorta , aortic repair , radiology , cardiology , aorta
A simplified technique of descending thoracic aortofemoral bypass is presented. This technique was employed successfully in a patient in whom an infected aortofemoral Dacron bypass was removed and an axillofemoral reconstruction had failed.