Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan
Biography
Although autologous veins are the first-choice conduit for femorotibial artery bypass, if there are no appropriate autologous veins, we perform femorotibial artery bypass using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with a distal vein cuff for patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI).