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Intraoperative image of the true giant left profunda femoral artery aneurysm. On the right, the aneurysm is opened with a large thrombus.
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The superficial femoral artery was neither occluded nor dilated bilaterally. (Figures 1 and 2).
Intraoperative image of the true giant right profunda femoral artery aneurysm.
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The superficial femoral artery was neither occluded nor dilated bilaterally. (Figures 1 and 2).
Intraoperative image of the 12 x 6 mm Dacron bifurcated bypass grafting from the proximal common femoral artery to the distal segment of the profunda and superficial femoral artery, respectively.
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Therefore, we replaced the femoral bifurcation performing a 12 x 6 mm Dacron bifurcated bypass grafting with a 5-0 prolene continuous suture from the proximal common femoral artery to the distal segment of the profunda and superficial femoral artery, respectively (Figure 3).