title: Aortofemoral grafting: factors influencing late results.
abstract: During a 15-year period, the aortofemoral Dacron graft was used for revascularization of 615 limbs in 352 patients, with an overall operative mortality rate of 5.1% and a cumulative 10-year patency rate of 62%. The late complication rate was 27%, with late thrombosis being by far the most frequent complication (24%). Among several factors responsible for late occlusion, the presence of trifurcation disease and the site of the femoral anastomosis are by far the most important. Our procedure of choice for a thrombosed graft limb is thrombectomy and profundaplasty, which give a long-term patency rate of 68%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005734:Gangrene; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000401:mortality