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  • Title: Axillofemoral bypass reconstructions in sixty-one patients with leg ischemia.
    Author: Broomé A, Christenson JT, Eklöf B, Norgren L.
    Journal: Surgery; 1980 Nov; 88(5):673-6. PubMed ID: 6449089.
    Abstract:
    During a 5-year period, 61 axillofemoral bypass operations have been performed in patients regarding as poor risks for conventional bifurcations procedures with arteriosclerotic occlusive disease and in patients with graft infections. Velour-Dacron grafts and expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE)-grafts have been used. The results are encouraging with a 3 year graft patency rate of 75% and a 3 year limb salvage rate of 90%. The expanded PTFE graft is a suitable graft for this purpose, and the use of axillofemoral bypass grafting is recommended as an alternative to the conventional aortoiliac/femoral bypass graft when dealing with high risk patients and patients with graft infections.
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