Long-Term Results of Femorotibial Polytetrafluoroethylene Bypass with a Distal Vein Cuff for Critical Limb Ischemia. 2018

Atsushi Guntani, and Shinsuke Mii, and Sosei Kuma, and Kiyoshi Tanaka, and Akio Kodama, and Eisuke Kawakubo
Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan.

Objective: Although autologous veins are the first-choice conduit for femorotibial artery bypass, if there are no appropriate autologous veins, we perform femorotibial artery bypass using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with a distal vein cuff for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI). This study examined the long-term outcomes of femorotibial artery bypass using PTFE with a Miller's cuff. Materials and Methods: Using prospectively collected data for 444 distal bypasses, a retrospective analysis was conducted for 32 femorotibial PTFE bypasses with a Miller's cuff (PTFE-Miller's cuff) performed for patients with CLI from April 1994 to December 2016. Results: Primary and secondary patency rates of PTFE-Miller's cuff at 3 years were 35.8% and 51.2%, respectively. Limb salvage rate of PTFE-Miller's cuff at 3 years was 71.0%. Conclusion: Although the patency rate was low and failed to yield satisfactory results, the limb salvage rate remained relatively high. Femorotibial PTFE bypass with a Miller's cuff was a useful technique of limb salvage for patients with CLI in whom an appropriate autologous vein could not be used.

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