Revue médicale de Liège
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Revue médicale de Liège · Jun 2003
Review[Prevention of lower limb necrosis and amputation by femoro-crural bypass: indications, techniques and results].
Limb threatening ischemia is a challenge for the vascular surgeon. Recent progress in revascularization procedures allow to minimize the primary amputation rate in the management of chronic critical limb ischemia. ⋯ A review of published series of infrapopliteal bypass surgery is made. The experience of the authors during last decade with crural and pedal bypass surgery is analyzed.