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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1646-706X</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Angiol Cir Vasc]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1646-706X</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedade Portuguesa de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S1646-706X2023000300171</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.48750/acv.574</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Inverted T bypass: a solution for distal revascularization in the absence of an adequate autologous vein graft.]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Duarte]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Armanda]]></given-names>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
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<surname><![CDATA[Soares]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tony R.]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Cabral]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Gonçalo]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Tiago]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Tiago]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
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<surname><![CDATA[Gimenez]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Sá]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Diogo Cunha e]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal Department of Angiology and Vascular Surgery ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>30</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2023</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>19</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<fpage>171</fpage>
<lpage>177</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1646-706X2023000300171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1646-706X2023000300171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.pt/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1646-706X2023000300171&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract  Introduction:  Peripheral arterial disease has become a worldwide problem, with chronic limb-threatening ischemia(CLTI) being its most extreme manifestation. Recently, endovascular strategies evolved and became the first approach in many revascularization procedures. However, infrapopliteal (IP) disease is still a therapeutic challenge. This study aims to present a surgical technique, named inverted T bypass, that can be applied to patients with: an IP artery with poor collateralization to the foot, an infra-malleolar artery with poor runoff and availability of only a short venous graft.  Methods:  A single-center retrospective analysis of all patients submitted to inverted T bypass. The end points of the present study were limb-based patency (LBP), primary patency (PP) and secondary patency (SP) rates, freedom from CLTI, recurrence of CLTI, freedom from major index limb amputation, amputation free-survival, and overall survival.  Results:  A total of twenty-five patients with CLTI (68% male) with a median age of 77 years were submitted to 25 inverted T bypasses. The median follow-up was 25 months (interquartile range of 32). Twenty-one preoperative angiographies were performed. Severe femoropopliteal (FP) and IP anatomic patterns (GLASS FP and IP grade 4) were predominant (57% and 86%, respectively) with 100% of limbs classified as GLASS stage III. Three patients (12%) had previously failed endovascular treatment. LBP, PP and SP were, respectively, 75%, 75% and 79% at 1 year, and 61%, 61% and 64% at 2 years. After one year, 86% of the limbs were free from CLTI and 79% of them remained without recurrences during a follow-up of 2 years. Eighty-one percent of the patients were free from major index limb amputation at 2 years.  Conclusion:  The inverted T bypass is a creative surgical solution for CLTI patients with poor runoff and lacking an adequate venous graft. The results are promising, rendering this technique a viable option for distal and ultra-distal revascularization in complex cases.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Open revascularization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Infrapopliteal disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Tibioperoneal disease]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Peripheral arterial disease]]></kwd>
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