TY - JOUR
T1 - Tibiotibial vein bypass grafts
T2 - A new operation for limb salvage
AU - Veith, Frank J.
AU - Ascer, Enrico
AU - Gupta, Sushil K.
AU - White-Flores, Sheila
AU - Sprayregen, Seymour
AU - Scher, Larry A.
AU - Samson, Russell H.
PY - 1985/1/1
Y1 - 1985/1/1
N2 - Tibiotibial bypasses were performed with short (8 to 33 cm) segments of reversed autologous vein in 14 patients who did not have longer segments of usable vein. All patients faced imminent amputation unless they had an effective revascularization. Two patients died, one within 1 month of operation. One patient required below-knee amputation despite a patent bypass. Eleven patients (79%) have a patent bypass and a functional limb 6 to 50 months after operation. These good patency results even with several grafts inserted into isolated segments of tibial arteries, some with incomplete plantar arches, suggest that these short vein grafts may be superior to other vein grafts. Tibiotibial bypasses may improve limb salvage results in otherwise difficult circumstances.
AB - Tibiotibial bypasses were performed with short (8 to 33 cm) segments of reversed autologous vein in 14 patients who did not have longer segments of usable vein. All patients faced imminent amputation unless they had an effective revascularization. Two patients died, one within 1 month of operation. One patient required below-knee amputation despite a patent bypass. Eleven patients (79%) have a patent bypass and a functional limb 6 to 50 months after operation. These good patency results even with several grafts inserted into isolated segments of tibial arteries, some with incomplete plantar arches, suggest that these short vein grafts may be superior to other vein grafts. Tibiotibial bypasses may improve limb salvage results in otherwise difficult circumstances.
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U2 - 10.1016/0014-2999(85)90369-3
DO - 10.1016/0014-2999(85)90369-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 4009837
SN - 0741-5214
VL - 2
SP - 552
EP - 557
JO - Journal of Vascular Surgery
JF - Journal of Vascular Surgery
IS - 4
ER -