title: Long-Term Results of Obturator Bypass.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We evaluated the long-term outcomes of obturator bypass.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 16 patients (13 males and 3 females; 17 limbs) who underwent obturator bypass surgery at our department between April 1995 and March 2008 were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Their ages ranged from 50 to 90 with a mean of 74 years. Inguinal infections observed in the 16 patients consisted of vascular graft infections in 13 patients, hemostatic device infections following endovascular therapy in two patients, and femoral artery infections following coronary angiography in one patient. The cumulative patency rate was 69% for 3 years and 43% for 5 years. The cumulative survival rate was 64% for 3 years and 55% for 5 years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Obturator bypass surgery was successfully performed with favorable results for arterial infections and vascular graft infections in the inguinal region.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hisao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masaki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tabuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yunoki
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Noriaki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kuwata
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Taishi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takiuchi
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Takahiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamasawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Furukawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuinose
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuo
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tanemoto
authors.affiliation: Department of First Physiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
keywords: infections of femoro-popliteal artery bypass grafts; inguinal arterial infections; obturator bypass