[Surgical treatment of segmental occlusions of the popliteal and the crural arteries with modified vascular prostheses (author's transl)].

Possibilities and indications for reconstruction of the femoro-popliteal and femoro-crural region are dealth with. Autogenous veins still are the favoured graft material for the femoro-popliteal/crural bypass. If an autogenous vein is not available bovine arterial grafts, Gore-Tex-PTFE prostheses or modified human umbilical cord vein are alternative materials.