title: Femoral profunda angioplasty: sparing the saphenous vein with on-lay angioplasty.
abstract: The growing demand for autogenous saphenous veins in coronary by-pass surgery and femorodistal by-pass reconstructions have changed the concept of performing angioplasty of the profunda femoris with a patch taken from the saphenous vein in the groin. In patients with total superficial femoral artery occlusion we now perform an on-lay angioplasty using a part of this artery. The results of this procedure are compared with a historical group of patients with saphenous vein patch angioplasty. There were no differences between these methods both in short and long terms.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001158:Arteries / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*; D013848:Thigh / Q000098:blood supply*