RT Journal
A1 Tilson M, Sweeney T, Gusberg RJ, Stansel HC
T1 OBturator canal bypass grafts for septic lesions of the femoral artery
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1979
FD September 1
VO 114
IS 9
SP 1031
OP 1033
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370330053009
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370330053009
AB • Infection of the femoral artery results in false aneurysm formation and hemorrhage unless appropriate reconstructive measures are taken. We reviewed ten such cases managed by obturator canal bypass with autogenous saphenous vein. The graft maintained viability of the extremity in every case in the early postoperative period. One death occurred related to cardiac disease, and there was one late failure. This experience confirms the usefulness of the obturator canal as a method for bypass of the infected femoral artery.(Arch Surg 114:1031-1033, 1979)