Thoracobifemoral bypass for radiation-induced paravisceral aortic stenosis.

Nicola M Habash, Calvin L Chao, Nidhi K Reddy, Nicholas Lysak, Mark K Eskandari

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Article in Journal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Selected publications regarding lower extremity chronic ischemia and the diabetic foot from theJournal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques · 2026
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Nicola M HabashDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Calvin L ChaoDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Nidhi K ReddyDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Nicholas LysakDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

Mark K EskandariDivision of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL.

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Abstract

Radiation-induced arterial disease is a delayed complication of childhood cancer therapy. We present the case of a 56-year-old man with disabling claudication secondary to severe paravisceral aortic stenosis, attributed to abdominal radiation for Wilms tumor in early childhood. Extensive periaortic fibrosis and calcification precluded endovascular repair and conventional aortobifemoral bypass. He underwent successful thoracobifemoral bypass via a left anterolateral thoracotomy approach and retroperitoneal tunneling of the graft. This case highlights the challenges of managing radiation-associated vascular disease. In select patients, thoracobifemoral bypass offers a durable solution when traditional approaches are contraindicated owing to hostile intraabdominal anatomy.

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Abdominal aortic occlusive diseaseAortobifemoral bypassExtra-anatomical revascularizationRadiation-induced arteriopathyThoracobifemoral bypass

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PMID40703932

DOI10.1016/j.jvscit.2025.101883

PMCPMC12283543

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