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88 ■ PIE DIABÉTICOpression of a venous bypass (total resectionshould be performed in case of completeantefoot gangrene). The passage of the graftshould be preferentially performed throughthe interosseus membrane opening a largedoor on this membrane and mobilizing a longtract of the distal arterialized vein. Also theflexor digitorum longus tendon and thesoleus aponeurosis should be resect to avoidthe compression of the vein before the passagethrough the interosseus membrane.Artifices for clampingActually, the use of ordinary clamps canresult in arterial damage, especially in endstage renal disease (ESRD) patients affectedby critical limb ischemia (CLI).The majority of patients with advancedperipheral arterial disease had a very diseaseddistal arterial <strong>net</strong>work with heavily calcifiedarteries, poor run-off, and relevant comorbidities.Consequently, bypasses were moredistal and technically demanding if comparedto the standard CLI patients.Principally in patients with end stage renaldisease the distal arteries are not compressibledue to extensive wall calcification.For several years, by performing distalanastomosis, we have been putting a clamponly on the proximal part of the target vesseland we have been applying, as Ysa et al (40), anintravenous cannula in order to occlude thedistal end of the arteriotomy in tibial andplantar vessels (41).We connected the cannula by a 20-cmlong plastic tube to a 30-mL syringe filled withheparinated (.20%) saline. The length of thetube has been useful to not hinder the suturingmaneuvers. The whole system allowed aregular flushing with heparinated saline intothe distal runoff, preventing thrombosis of thelumen in cases of poor retrograde bleeding.The size of cannulas varied according to thelumen of the artery.Despite the caliber adaptation, in few casesit was not possible to move the cannula forwardinto the artery. In these situations, wechoose to clamp the artery only proximally toFig. 1. No clamping technique for distal anastomosisat the dorsalis pedis artery.the arteriotomy and not to clamp it distally(Fig.1). In order to minimize blood loss, wepositioned the patient in an extremeTrendelenburg position, and we clamped thedistal artery by gentle external digital compression,flushing the anastomosis area bypouring saline that flowed away with the bloodthanks to the upraised position of the limb.This artifice critically improves the techniquereducing the arterial trauma in calcifiedand diseased arteries.ALLOGRAFT AND XENOGRAFTTransplantation of a vascular allograft is anattractive alternative in patients with nosuitable autologous vein.The ideal vascular allograft should have ahigh graft patency rate, a low graft disintegrationrate, should be available off the shelf indifferent diameters and lengths, and be able tobe stored for long periods.Fahner et al. (42) in a systematic reviewevaluated the results of clinical studies inwhich vascular allograft were used in themanagement of patients needing an infrainguinalbypass operation for a total of 3837allograft found. The patency and then the limbloss were directly correlated to type ofpreservation. One-year cumulative primarypatency rates were 13% to 79% for cryopreservation,63% to 80% for cold storage, and

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