title: Staged thrombendarterectomy for bilateral ileofemoral arteriosclerosis. An alternative approach.
abstract: Bilateral ileofemoral obstruction is usually treated by either a transabdominal reconstruction or an axillobifemoral bypass graft. In this report an alternative approach is presented. Twenty-one patients underwent staged bilateral retroperitoneal thrombendarterectomy. In 14 limbs a concomitant femoropopliteal bypass graft was performed. There was no operative mortality, and morbidity rates were low. The only ileofemoral occlusion occurred after 68 months for 5-year and 6-year patency rates of 100% and 93.8% respectively. In addition, 2 femoropopliteal grafts thrombosed, leaving however, the ileofemoral reconstructions patent. These encouraging results make this two-staged approach an attractive alternative to conventional major transperitoneal operations or axillobifemoral bypass grafts with their poor long-term patency rates.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sonnenfeld
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cronestrand
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sevastik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications