SURGICAL-MANAGEMENT OF UNILATERAL GROIN INFECTION AFTER AORTOFEMORAL BYPASS

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  • 1 January 1983
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 156  (6) , 724-728
Abstract
A plan for the surgical management of unilateral groin infection after aortofemoral bypass that was used in 5 patients is presented. After assuring the viability of the extremity independent of the prosthesis by compression of the graft limb with a concurrent Doppler ankle to wrist ratio index > 0.3, vascular repair was performed as a 2-stage procedure combining clean retroperitoneal detachment of the infected graft limb and inguinal excision of the involved graft limb followed by delayed vascular reconstruction by extra-anatomic cross femoral bypass. This was a reliable surgical method for salvaging the aortofemoral bypass with unilateral groin infection.

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