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2802989

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-11-9
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with forefoot ischemia and severe tibial artery disease present a major challenge to revascularization and foot preservation. Encouraged by the success of saphenous vein bypass to the more proximal arteries of the lower leg, we extended this technique to the pedal arteries. Between February 1986 and September 1988, we performed 26 bypasses in 24 men (mean age, 66 years) with critical foot ischemia. Sixty-three percent of the patients had diabetes mellitus, 50% had hypertension, and 71% were actively smoking. Angiography invariably revealed multiple tibial artery occlusions with reconstitution of the pedal arteries. The foot salvage rate was 83% (mean survival, 14 months), primary patency was 83% (mean survival, 9 months), and survival was 86% (mean, 12 months). There were 11 wound complications (42%); two resulted in disruptions of the distal anastomosis and eventual graft failure. Bypass to the pedal arteries yields a high rate of foot salvage and is comparable with more proximal bypass procedures; however, wound complications are common and require special technical considerations.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0004-0010
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1232-5; discussion 1235-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Saphenous vein bypass to pedal arteries. An aggressive strategy for foot salvage.
pubmed:affiliation
Surgical Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, San Francisco.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't