Femoropopliteal Bypass Surgery Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

If you are planning to have femoropopliteal bypass surgery, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Bleeding
• Blood clots (eg, clots that causes blockage of bypass graft)
• Infection
• Adverse reaction to the anesthesia
• Organ damage
• Need for limb amputation
• Heart attack or death

Be sure to discuss these risks with your doctor before the procedure.

Call Your Doctor

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills

• Severe pain in the leg

• Your leg becomes cold, pale, blue, tingly, or numb

• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site

• Nausea, vomiting, or constipation

• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given

• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain

• Dizziness or weakness

• Pain and/or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs

• Pain, burning, urgency, frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine

• New, unexplained symptoms

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.