Abstract
Arterial bypass from the descending thoracic aorta to the femoral artery provides successful perfusion to the lower extremity when a transabdominal approach to the abdominal aorta is undesirable. The first reported operation was performed in 1956 by Stevenson et al.1. Several years later, in 1961, Blaisdell et al. used this type of bypass around an infected abdominal aortic prosthesis2. Since then, fewer than 160 cases have been reported in the world literature3–5. In patients with good surgical risk this procedure provides an alternative inflow source for femoral artery reconstruction with a long-term patency rate superior to the traditional axillofemoral bypass.
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Yao, J.S.T., McCarthy, W.J. (1994). Thoracic aorta to femoral artery bypass. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_16
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