Abstract
Deep femoral reconstruction effectively opens a stenotic or occluded deep femoral artery with restoration of flow to the main collateral blood supply to the leg. Revascularization of the deep femoral artery can be critical to limb salvage when the superficial femoral artery is occluded. The deep femoral artery, being a supply artery to the thigh, is relatively spared of extensive atheromatous disease. In up to 75% of patients stenosis is limited to the proximal 1–2 cm, often being the result of a continuation of a common femoral artery plaque. In the remaining patients the disease may extend to the next major branch, commonly the lateral circumflex, or first perforating branches. Occasionally, the plaque extends to the second or third perforating branches, so correction requires more extensive exposure and repair.
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Lusby, R.J. (1994). Deep femoral reconstruction. In: Jamieson, C.W., Yao, J.S.T. (eds) Vascular Surgery. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6854-8_33
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