• Heart Valve and Bypass
• Lung Surgery
• Carotid Artery
• Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
• Angiographic Procedures
• Leg Revascularization

Leg Revascularization

Peripheral artery disease reduces blood flow to your lower body, causing muscles to cramp during activity. As the condition worsens, walking even short distances may be painful. The pain might be relieved by rest and return when you resume activity. This cycle of pain is called claudication. Sometimes the blockage causing this pain can be treated with angioplasty. Alternatively, you may require leg revascularization. This is a type of bypass surgery in which your doctor will use a leg vein or a manmade graft to create a path around the blockage site. The blocked section of artery is usually left in place.

Proximal Leg Bypass

If the blockage causing your leg pain is located in the abdomen, the bypass graft will extend from the abdomen to the groin. In most cases a synthetic graft is used, and surgery may last 3 to 5 hours.

 

 

 

Distal Leg Bypass

If the blockage causing your leg pain is located in a leg artery, the bypass graft will extend from the groin to the knee, or from the upper thigh to below the knee. A healthy section of your own vein (usually the greater saphenous vein) may be harvested for the graft, or a synthetic graft may be used. This type of surgery usually lasts 2 to 4 hours.