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Certain patients who would be candidates for aorto-iliac revascularization surgery because of decubitus pain or gangrene, are not suitable for direct surgery because of general contraindications. Axillo-femoral bridging is thus an excellent and less aggressive revascularization procedure for these patients in order to avoid amputation. The authors carried out this type of bridging 261 times in 5 years in cases of high surgical risk.
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