Femoral tibial-peroneal bypass: the lateral approach and use of glutaraldehyde-tanned umbilical vein.
Access to the peroneal artery as well as to the anterior tibial artery can be accomplished by a lateral approach with fibular resection. The technic is described as well as the use of the glutaraldehyde-tanned human umbilical cord vein as a vascular prosthesis. The results using the latter have been extremely gratifying.
D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005360:Fibula / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008722:Methods; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D014471:Umbilical Veins / Q000637:transplantation