[Late results after extra-anatomical shunt surgery in vascular surgery]

Alternative procedures were applied in high-risk patients or, in cases in which it was necessary, to bypass infected vascular beds. Some of our 113 procedures, especially the carotid-subclavian and the femoro-femoral grafts, showed excellent long-term results and wider application of these operations thus appears justified. Infected areas in the groin may be bypassed by the lateral iliaco-femoral graft as an alternative to the obturator bypass.