What is graft surveillance?
An arterial bypass graft using a person’s own vein for the graft is the most durable means to treat severe peripheral artery disease when the blockage is below the level of the groin. Graft surveillance is of proven benefit in improving graft patency at least in the first year after arterial bypass surgery.
What is a graft surveillance ultrasound?
The objective of graft surveillance It has been proposed for many years that regular ultrasound surveillance of vein grafts, enabling the detection and treatment of significant stenoses before graft occlusion occurs, improves graft patency rates’.
What is a fem pop graft?
Femoral popliteal (also called femoropopliteal or Fem-Pop) bypass surgery is a procedure used to treat femoral artery disease. It is performed to bypass the blocked portion of main artery in the leg using a piece of another blood vessel.
What are possible postoperative complications of a femoral popliteal bypass?
Some possible complications may include:
- Heart attack.
- Irregular heart beats.
- Bleeding.
- Wound infection.
- Swelling of the leg.
- Blood clot in the leg.
- Fluid in the lungs.
- Bleeding where the catheter is put in after the procedure.
How is a fem pop done?
A femoropopliteal (fem-pop) bypass is surgery to change the flow of your blood so it goes around blocked blood vessels. To do this surgery, your doctor will use something called a graft. The graft can be a vein taken from another place in your leg. Or it can be a man-made blood vessel.
How long does a fem pop bypass last?
Results: The overall primary patency rates of femoropopliteal bypass were 88%, 79% and 76% at 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively. Type of graft material and age of patient were independent prognostic factors of graft patency. The cumulative limb salvage rates were 90%, 86% and 86% at 1, 3 and 5 years, respectively.
How long does a fem pop last?
It may last 2 or 3 months. You will need to take it easy for at least 2 to 6 weeks at home. It may take 6 to 12 weeks to fully recover.
How long are you in hospital after vascular surgery?
After the Procedure You may need to spend 1 or 2 days in bed if the surgery involves the large artery in your abdomen called the aorta. Most people stay in the hospital for 4 to 7 days.
Can a bypass graft be stented?
After a bypass, the graft may narrow or close up over time. And it’s not uncommon for bypass recipients to develop narrowings in other arteries. Both problems can be treated with stents.
Can you have a second heart bypass?
Patients who have had a coronary bypass and valve replacement are enjoying longer, healthy lives. Over time, though, even successful valve replacements and coronary artery bypasses may need a re-operation. Almost one third of the heart surgery operations we do here are repeat procedures.