Common iliac to femoral bypass. An alternative in the high risk patient.
Eighteen patients presenting with atherosclerotic iliac occlusive disease have been treated with ileofemoral bypass grafting over the preceding 66 months. All patients were treated for limb salvage. The risk factors of this patient population were judged to be excessive for the performance of aortofemoral bypass grafting. The accumulated patency for this approach at 5 years was 84.6 per cent with a mean follow-up duration of 29.1 months. Based on these results, this approach appears to be an excellent inflow procedure for patients considered unsuitable for conventional aortofemoral reconstruction.
D000368:Aged; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012086:Reoperation; D012306:Risk