Arterial bypass surgery
Examples
- Femoral-popliteal
- Femoral-distal
- Axillo-femoral
- Femoral-femoral
Types of graft
- Native
- Reverese autologous long saphenous vein graft
- Insitu long saphenous vein graft (disrupted with valvulotome)
- Synthetic
- PTFE
- Dacron
Complications
- Bleeding
- Infection: wound, graft
- Suture line aneurysm
- Graft failure: thrombosis
In improving blood flow in a femoral-popliteal bypass graft, the miller-cuff technique is employed
