title: Improved tunneling procedures for bypass grafting.
abstract: A tunneling design and procedure for femoropopliteal, femorocrural, femorofemoral and axillofemoral bypass operations is described. The usefulness and importance is the prevention of tortuosity, kinking and torsion of the bypass and the protection of the graft from damage.
mesh_terms: D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004867:Equipment Design; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*