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Thomas S. Royster, MD; Richard Lynn, MD; Robert J. Mulcare, MD; Paul E. Stelzer, MD

Arch Surg. 1977;112(3):316-317.

Abstract
• We discuss the possibility of the use of the obturator foramina as routes and the distal profunda femoris arteries as sites for anastomosis in the presence of infected grafts in the groins as a successful solution to an otherwise tragic complication of arterial grafting.

(Arch Surg 112:316-317, 1977)

Author Affiliations
From the Peripheral Vascular Service, the Department of Surgery, the Roosevelt Hospital, New York.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Oct 4, 1976.

Reprint requests to 1160 Park Ave, New York, NY 10028 (Dr Royster).

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