title: Esmarch's bandage technique in distal bypass surgery.
abstract: Esmarch's rubber bandage technique has been applied to 49 distal bypass surgeries in 46 patients during the past ten years. The primary and secondary patency rates at 5 years after femoro-tibial bypass surgery were 82% and 92%, respectively. This technique has the following advantages: (1) it minimizes surgical injury of the arterial wall because there is less dissection around the anastomotic site; (2) it decreases scar formation in the anastomotic area after surgery; (3) it maintains abundant muscular blood flow by preserving small branches to muscles, and (4) it provides a bloodless surgical field and easy handling for fine sutures without using vascular clamps. We consider that the avoidance of long circumferential dissection of the artery may play an important role in improving long-term patency in distal bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shindo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tada
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Miyata
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shirakawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Egami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Idezuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000792:Angiography; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D015993:Life Tables; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013977:Tibia / Q000098:blood supply*; D014041:Tokyo; D014111:Tourniquets / Q000592:standards*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*