Extra-anatomic bypass shunting in aorto-iliac occlusive disease. Clinical results and risk factors in a Belgian population.

We present a retrospective study of 38 patients undergoing axillofemoral bypass shunting (AXF, n=42, including 29 axillobifemoral (AXBF) and 9 axillo-unifemoral (AXUF)) from 1988 to 1998, for aorto-iliac occlusive disease (AOD). Six were excluded from the study as they did not meet entry criteria; the remaining 32 patients were retained. All patients had histories of failed medical treatment.

Congenital intrathoracic herniation of the right liver--late presentation as anicteric cholestasis.

This report describes an unusual case of right-sided congenital diaphragmatic hernia discovered fortuitously in a 45-year-old woman. Herniation was characterized by intrathoracic protrusion of the right liver and other abdominal viscera, left intrahepatic biliary dilatation, and anicteric cholestasis. Surgical repair was performed.