title: Retaining a nonfunctional synthetic arterial bypass graft as a tunnel for future bypass using a vein graft: technical note.
abstract: Reoperation after infrainguinal arterial bypass may be difficult because of scar tissue from the previous bypass operation and usually involves removal of the old synthetic bypass graft. The authors describe a novel method of retaining the old thrombosed, externally reinforced polytetrafluoroethylene graft and using it as a tunnel for redo bypass using a vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, Kent, UK.
authors.forename: Rajaraman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Durai
authors.forename: Happy
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hoque
authors.forename: Aidas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raudonaitis
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D017131:Thrombectomy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017211:Treatment Failure
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene