Simplified splanchnic artery revascularization using extra-anatomic bypass grafts: a report of ten cases
K. A. Wichterman and H. C. Stansel Jr
Revascularization of the superior mesenteric artery or renal artery is
frequently complicated by concomitant atherosclerotic disease in the
adjacent aorta. In ten patients, extra-anatomic saphenous vein bypass
grafts to the splanchnic vessels were constructed and inflow was obtained
from the external iliac artery. All patients recovered without complication
and have had functioning grafts on follow-up arteriography. This
extra-anatomic bypass provides a simple method for splanchnic artery
revascularization.
