Complications - Aortobifemoral bypass for peripheral arterial disease Fontaine stage IIb–III

  1. Intraoperative complications

    Bleeding

    • Injury to iliac veins -> compression of the inflow and outflow, vascular suture
    • Arterial bleeding -> vascular suture

    Injury to inferior mesenteric artery with poor collaterals

    • Revascularization to prevent ischemic colitis

    Iatrogenic bowel lesion

    • Suture

    Inadequate iliac landing zone for graft limb

    • Graft extension
Postoperative complications

1. Early course (postop., day ≤ 30)Secondary bleeding, hematomaCauses: Technical errors such as sut

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