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The need for this route of extra-anatomical bypass is limited to those cases of massive aneurysmal dilatation in the thigh where the only alternative would be ligature of the common or external iliac artery followed by a very high above knee amputation. The first cases using this route were described by Shaw and Baue in 1963 (1); later MacPherson added a case history in 19 67 (2) , and Spiro and I described three cases in 1970 (3). This paper describes another five cases, a total of eight in a 10-Year experience.
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Shaw RS, Baue AE (1963) Management of sepsis complicating arterial reconstructive surgery. Surgery 53:75–86
MacPherson AIS (1967) Ileofemoral arterial bypass through the obturator foramen. Br J Surg 54:946–947
Spiro M, Cotton LT (1970) The obturator canal as a route for iliofemoral bypass. Br J Surg 57:168–172
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Cotton, L.T. (1981). Extra-anatomical Bypass Through the Obturator Foramen. In: Bircks, W., Ostermeyer, J., Schulte, H.D. (eds) Cardiovascular Surgery 1980. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68172-1_24
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