title: Improved salvage of the foot with arterial reconstruction.
abstract: The majority of lower extremity amputations performed today are for occlusive vascular disease, whether associated with diabetes or not. Arterial reconstruction, utilized before definitive amputation for ischemia, may permit a more distally located amputation than would have been possible without the bypass. A case history is presented and pertinent literature reviewed.
mesh_terms: D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005528:Foot / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000601:surgery*