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[Infra-inguinal arterial reconstruction: in situ or reversed venous bypass?]. 1991

P Stirnemann, and T Krebs

Universitätsklinik für Thorax-, Herz- und Gefässchirurgie, Inselspital Bern.

Since 1984 one of our surgeons treated 154 patients for infrainguinal arterial insufficiency. The patients had a mean age of 72 years and suffered from multiple concomitant diseases. The indication for operation consisted in a chronic critical ischemia in every case. 98 reversed (RV) and 56 in situ (IS) vein bypasses had to be implanted. No statistical significant differences could be found concerning survival, graft patency and limb salvage (life table analysis). Nearly half of our patients died during the 5 year observation period. The cumulative 5 year graft patency and limb salvage rate was 86% and 89% in the RV and 80% and 84% in the in situ group.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007511	Ischemia	A hypoperfusion of the BLOOD through an organ or tissue caused by a PATHOLOGIC CONSTRICTION or obstruction of its BLOOD VESSELS, or an absence of BLOOD CIRCULATION.	Ischemias
D007866	Leg	The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE.	Legs
D011183	Postoperative Complications	Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery.	Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368	Aged	A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available.	Elderly
D001158	Arteries	The vessels carrying blood away from the heart.	Artery
D012501	Saphenous Vein	The vein which drains the foot and leg.	Saphenous Veins,Vein, Saphenous,Veins, Saphenous
D015996	Survival Rate	The proportion of survivors in a group, e.g., of patients, studied and followed over a period, or the proportion of persons in a specified group alive at the beginning of a time interval who survive to the end of the interval. It is often studied using life table methods.	Cumulative Survival Rate,Mean Survival Time,Cumulative Survival Rates,Mean Survival Times,Rate, Cumulative Survival,Rate, Survival,Rates, Cumulative Survival,Rates, Survival,Survival Rate, Cumulative,Survival Rates,Survival Rates, Cumulative,Survival Time, Mean,Survival Times, Mean,Time, Mean Survival,Times, Mean Survival