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Bilateral Femorodistal Bypass Grafting with Bilateral Free Tissue Transfer for Limb Salvage

A Case Report

Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St James's and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

S. L. Knight, FRCS

Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, St James's and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

K. G. Mercer, FRCSEd

Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, St James's and Seacroft University Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK

Free flap transfer is a technically feasible adjunct to wound healing in tissue loss in vascular reconstructive surgery. The authors present the case of a 68-year-old diabetic who underwent successful femorodistal bypass and free flap transfer on both of his legs with successful bilateral limb salvage at 25 and 17 months, respectively.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 34, No. 3, 281-284 (2000)
DOI: 10.1177/153857440003400317


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