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Secondary Distal Extension of Infrainguinal Bypass: Long-Term Limb and Patient Survival

Secondary Distal Extension of Infrainguinal Bypass: Long-Term Limb and Patient Survival = 58) performed between July 1983 and March 1993 were reviewed. Patients (n= 51) had critical ischemia or tissue loss, with an average of 2.8 previous vascular procedures. The 58 initial infrainguinal bypasses included 38 above-the-knee and 13 below-the-knee femoropopliteal, 5 femorodistal, and 2 popliteal-distal. Thirty-nine of the 58 femoropopliteal grafts were prosthetic. The extension bypasses included popliteal-tibial, graft-tibial, and peroneal-plantar. They were performed for recurrent or persistent ischemia after failed initial infrainguinal bypasses in limbs, and with still-patent bypasses. All extension bypasses were vein conduits. Mean follow-up was 59 (range: 6 to 164) months. The cumulative life-table 5-year survival rate for all patients was 95%. The 27-month limb-salvage rate was 70%. Our findings indicate that patients with advanced peripheral vascular disease may have prolonged survival, and extension bypasses contribute significantly to their limb salvage. Thus, aggressive application of extension bypass to save threatened limbs is supported. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Annals of Vascular Surgery Springer Journals

Secondary Distal Extension of Infrainguinal Bypass: Long-Term Limb and Patient Survival

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Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2000 by Annals of Vascular Surgery Inc.
Subject
Medicine & Public Health; Abdominal Surgery
ISSN
0890-5096
eISSN
1615-5947
DOI
10.1007/s100169910086
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Abstract

= 58) performed between July 1983 and March 1993 were reviewed. Patients (n= 51) had critical ischemia or tissue loss, with an average of 2.8 previous vascular procedures. The 58 initial infrainguinal bypasses included 38 above-the-knee and 13 below-the-knee femoropopliteal, 5 femorodistal, and 2 popliteal-distal. Thirty-nine of the 58 femoropopliteal grafts were prosthetic. The extension bypasses included popliteal-tibial, graft-tibial, and peroneal-plantar. They were performed for recurrent or persistent ischemia after failed initial infrainguinal bypasses in limbs, and with still-patent bypasses. All extension bypasses were vein conduits. Mean follow-up was 59 (range: 6 to 164) months. The cumulative life-table 5-year survival rate for all patients was 95%. The 27-month limb-salvage rate was 70%. Our findings indicate that patients with advanced peripheral vascular disease may have prolonged survival, and extension bypasses contribute significantly to their limb salvage. Thus, aggressive application of extension bypass to save threatened limbs is supported.

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Annals of Vascular SurgerySpringer Journals

Published: Mar 11, 2014

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