Ten Years After Arterial Bypass Surgery for Claudication: Venous Bypass is the Primary Procedure for TASC C and D Lesions

Background The appropriate role for surgery and endovascular therapy for severe intermittent claudication (IC) remains controversial. We present our results after infrainguinal autogenous bypass for severe IC more than 10 years ago giving a reasoned argument to perform vein bypass as the primary procedure for severe IC.