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1929005

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-11-6
pubmed:abstractText
Sixty-eight patients underwent femorofemoral bypass (FFB) at the University of Louisville Affiliated Hospitals over a 9-year period from 1980 to 1989. There were patients with acute ischemia requiring emergency operation, those with chronic ischemia following failed aortic reconstruction, good-risk patients with chronic ischemia who had FFB as the procedure of choice, and poor-risk patients who were unsuitable for other procedures. Patients operated on for acute ischemia had a significant number of infectious complications, with five of eight graft failures in this group due to infection. Primary patency rates were similar in all groups, with a 5-year primary patency of 42 per cent. Overall operative mortality was 4.4 per cent. Satisfactory limb salvage rates (75%) suggest that FFB is an acceptable option for providing inflow in patients with acute ischemia or for patients with a failed previous vascular prosthesis. FFB provides adequate inflow in poor-risk patients not suitable for aortic reconstruction, but patency rates do not warrant its use as a procedure of choice in good-risk patients.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0003-1348
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
57
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
602-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Utility of femorofemoral bypass. Comparison of results with indications for operation.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Surgery, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Kentucky 40292.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study