Are peroneal artery bypass grafts hemodynamically inferior to other tibial artery bypass grafts? 1994

K B Raftery, and M Belkin, and W C Mackey, and T F O'Donnell
Department of Surgery, New England Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.

OBJECTIVE Many authors have reported excellent long-term patency rates of peroneal artery bypasses. It has been suggested, however, that the hemodynamic result of the peroneal bypass is inferior to that of other infrapopliteal artery bypasses, making it suboptimal in patients with forefoot ischemic tissue loss. A retrospective review of 118 recent infrainguinal vein grafts (36 peroneal, 27 anterior tibial, 35 posterior tibial, 20 popliteal) was undertaken to assess and compare the hemodynamic results for each group. METHODS We reviewed the hemodynamic results of 36 peroneal bypass grafts assessed by preoperative and postoperative ankle-brachial index and transmetatarsal pulse volume recording, duplex scan-derived distal graft peak systolic flow velocity, and intraoperatively measured outflow resistance. These results were compared with a concurrent series of anterior tibial, posterior tibial, and popliteal artery bypass grafts. All but one of the infrapopliteal bypass grafts were performed for limb salvage, and 65% of patients had ischemic ulcerations or gangrene. RESULTS There was no difference in postoperative ankle-brachial index, postoperative transmetatarsal pulse volume recording, peak systolic flow velocity, or measured outflow resistance among the four different outflow groups. All patients with peroneal bypass grafts had healed wounds within a mean follow-up period of 17 months. There were no hemodynamic failures. CONCLUSIONS Peroneal artery bypass grafts achieved hemodynamic results equivalent to anterior tibial, posterior tibial, and popliteal artery bypass grafts.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007866 Leg The inferior part of the lower extremity between the KNEE and the ANKLE. Legs
D008297 Male Males
D011150 Popliteal Artery The continuation of the femoral artery coursing through the popliteal fossa; it divides into the anterior and posterior tibial arteries. Arteria Poplitea,Artery, Popliteal,Popliteal Arteries
D011184 Postoperative Period The period following a surgical operation. Period, Postoperative,Periods, Postoperative,Postoperative Periods
D005260 Female Females
D006439 Hemodynamics The movement and the forces involved in the movement of the blood through the CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. Hemodynamic
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000704 Analysis of Variance A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. ANOVA,Analysis, Variance,Variance Analysis,Analyses, Variance,Variance Analyses
D012501 Saphenous Vein The vein which drains the foot and leg. Saphenous Veins,Vein, Saphenous,Veins, Saphenous
D014182 Transplantation, Autologous Transplantation of an individual's own tissue from one site to another site. Autografting,Autologous Transplantation,Autotransplantation,Autograftings,Autologous Transplantations,Autotransplantations,Transplantations, Autologous

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