Transvesical placement of one limb of an aortobifemoral bypass graft as a complication of aortic bypass surgery.

We report about a rare complication after aortobifemoral bypass surgery. In the present case the left limb of an aortobifemoral bypass graft was placed straight through the cavity of the urinary bladder. The diagnosis was found and ascertained by colour duplex ultrasound examination, cystoskopy and angiography. In consequence, we successfully performed open bladder surgery to replace the misplaced graft. Copyright 2001 S. Karger AG, Basel