[Distal femoral bypass under local anaesthesia].

Introduction: The aim of this article is to present our experience in performing distal femoral bypass under local anaesthesia for high risk patients.

Material And Methods: Lower limb revascularisation surgery under local anaesthesia was performed on 8 patients in our centre between January and May 2010. The common characteristics of the patients were, advanced age, chronic ischaemic heart disease on antiplatelet treatment, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).