What Is a Femoral-Tibial Bypass?

Autogenous saphenous vein femoral-anterior tibial artery bypass is used to treat chronic femoral-iliac arterial sclerosis. Femoral-iliac arterial occlusive disease is a common disease of the lower limbs, mainly caused by atherosclerosis. The site of arterial occlusion is often located at the origin of the aorta or the opening of the bifurcation. It is more common in the superficial femoral artery. Unblocked blood flow. Sometimes atherosclerotic occlusion involves stenosis or occlusion of the iliac artery or vessels below the iliac artery, such as the anterior or posterior tibial artery. The anastomosis at the distal bypass must be below the iliac artery. If the angiography shows good anastomosis of the distal tibial artery, the autogenous saphenous vein femoral-anterior tibial artery bypass can be selected.