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Over a three-year-period 51 concomitant aorto-bifemoral and femoro-popliteal reconstructions, using prosthetic materials below the inguinal ligament, were carried out in 39 patients, with both aorto-iliac and femoro-popliteal disease, presenting with severe lower limb ischaemia. Thirteen grafts were inserted for rest pain and/or gangrene, while 38 were performed for disabling claudication. There was no perioperative mortality. Cummulative patency for all femoro-popliteal grafts was 53% at 2 years. Limb salvage rates of 84.6% at 2 years were achieved in patients with critical ischaemia. These results suggest that synchronous aorto-bifemoral and femoro-popliteal reconstructions with prosthetic materials can be performed safely in selected patients with acceptable early patency and limb salvage rates.
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