Intercondylar Route of Prosthetic Infragenicular Femoropopliteal Bypass Has Better Primary, Assisted, and Secondary Patency but Not Limb Salvage Rate Compared to the Medial Route

Table 2

Patients’ data related to the operation.

Characteristics	Intercondylar bypass; Group A	Medial bypass; Group B		Test
Number of patients	52	41
Side			0.093	-test
Right	26	28
Left	26	13
Number of open run-off vessels			0.27	MW
1 artery	15	11
2 arteries	26	15
3 arteries	11	15
Prosthesis diameter			0.16	MW
6 mm	11	12
7 mm	37	29
8 mm	4	0
Prosthesis type			0.82	-test
Fusion vascular graft	36	30
VascuGraft SOFT	16	11
Operation time (min)	120 (IQR 90–159)	130 (IQR 102–160)	0.38	MW
Hospital stay (days)	6 (IQR 5–10)	6 (IQR 4–6)	0.065	MW

IQR: interquartile range; MW: Mann-Whitney test.