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Superficial Femoral Vein and Superficial Femoral Artery as Replacement for Infected Axillofemoral Graft

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Annals of Vascular Surgery

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We report successful replacement of infected axillofemoral bypass with a combined femoral vein and superficial femoral artery graft. The new graft was transferred through the tunnel left after infected prosthesis removal. Good early and long-term results indicate that this may be a sufficient procedure.

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  1. Vascular Surgery Division, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    Jacek Wojciechowski PhD, Lukasz Znaniecki MD & Pawel Zelechowski MD

  2. Vascular Surgery Division, Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Debinki 7, Gdansk, 80-952, Poland

    Jacek Wojciechowski PhD

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Wojciechowski, J., Znaniecki, L. & Zelechowski, P. Superficial Femoral Vein and Superficial Femoral Artery as Replacement for Infected Axillofemoral Graft. Ann Vasc Surg 20, 544–546 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10016-006-9035-x

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