Profunda-circumflex plasty in the management of severe femoropopliteal occlusion.
In situations where severe femoropopliteal disease is present and profundoplasty is deemed unreliable, successful revascularization is not usually possible. A technique is presented that increases the accessibility for repair and may improve the limb salvage rate in those patients considered nonoperable by other techniques.
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Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Victoria General Hospital, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.