title: Successful arterial reconstruction with collateral artery bypass for a femoral artery aneurysm: report of a case.
abstract: The outcome of surgery for femoral artery aneurysms is dependent on the preoperative status of the runoff vessels. We report a case of a femoral artery aneurysm complicated by thromboembolic obstruction of the distal superficial femoral and profunda femoris arteries. Fortunately, the collateral arteries were viable runoff vessels for restoring adequate blood flow to the limb.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Jorge Adalberto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Flores
authors.forename: Toshiya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishibe
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Kudo
authors.forename: Keiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyazaki
authors.forename: Keishu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D003097:Collateral Circulation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications*