AORTOBIFEMORAL BYPASS GRAFT
Indication: Severe aortoiliac occlusive disease causing incapacitating claudication, rest pain, or limb-threatening ischaemia, where endovascular options are not feasible or have failed. Five-year patency >90%.
Patient Position: Supine.
Anaesthesia: General (with or without epidural). Urinary catheter and arterial line placed.