Obtaining a superficial femoral artery graft in adolescents and children with the deep femoral artery transposition.
A new technique to obtain a segment of the superficial femoral artery as an arterial conduit in young patients while an unobstructed peripheral blood flow is maintained by superficial femoral artery-deep femoral artery transposition is illustrated with two clinical examples. The explanted arterial autograft requires no replacement by another graft and provides a conduit of up to 10 cm in length. Excellent results were achieved in both patients at 1 year. This technique is recommended instead of saphenous vein conduits in very young patients because of the risk for late vein degeneration.
Bednarkiewicz
M
M
Clinic of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and the Clinic of Digestive Surgery, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
Vala
D
D
Khatchourian
G
G
Kadry
Z
Z
Morel
P
P
Christenson
J T
JT
Faidutti
B
B
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000098:blood supply; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous / Q000379:methods; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*