Abstract:One hundred consecutive patients with femoropopliteal autogenous vein grafts for limb salvage were reviewed five years later. In this group 40% died and 30% of the limbs had been lost at the end of five years. Limb survival correlated best with adequacy of distal run-off, but not with the presence or absence of diabetes. Forty-seven per cent of the grafts were still patent among surviving patients, and when combined with the limbs that were viable despite failure of the original graft, 70% of the limbs were sa… Show more
“…Better results with claudicants than critical ischemia patients have been well documented. 17,18 Conversely, results with both grafts were augmented by limitation of the study group to primary cases, x9…”
“…Better results with claudicants than critical ischemia patients have been well documented. 17,18 Conversely, results with both grafts were augmented by limitation of the study group to primary cases, x9…”
“…8 This finding is in contrast to multiple studies that have found the opposite to be true, that previous lower extremity bypass attempts lead to poorer outcomes following subsequent BKA. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] Keagy et al reported an 83% BKA healing rate among patients without an ipsilateral vascular bypass and a 73% BKA healing rate among patients with an ipsilateral vascular bypass ( p < 0.001). 20 It is not surprising that these data are conflicting given the confounding variables that are difficult to account for.…”
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