Surgical Bypass

In some cases medication and minimally invasive techniques are not sufficient to treat narrowed arteries. In these instances your vascular surgeon may perform a surgical bypass.  A surgical bypas creates a detour, or bypass, around a section of the artery that is blocked.

During a bypass procedure, your vascular surgeon creates a new pathway for blood flow using a graft.  A bypass graft made of a synthetic material or a vein from another part of the body is used to divert blood flow around the blockage. The blocked artery is opened, then one end of the bypass graft is attached to a point above the blockage in the artery and the other end to a point below the blockage. This surgical procedure requires general anesthesia, with most patients remaining in the hospital from three to five days.

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