Patients with advanced atherosclerosis in aorto iliac segment operated with either laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass or open aortobifemoral bypass shall be compared on the basis of the operative procedure for the primary endpoint, composite endpoint (all-cause mortality, systemic morbidity and graft thrombosis).

Patients with aorto-iliac occlusive disease TASC type D operated with either laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass or open aortobifemoral bypass shall be compared.

Composite endpoint defined as all-cause mortality, systemic morbidity and graft thrombosis.

In this prospective comparative cohort study 50 consecutive patients with type D atherosclerotic lesions in the aortoiliac segment were treated with laparoscopic aortobifemoral bypass operation. The group was compared with 30 patients operated with open aortobifemoral bypass operations for the same disease and period of time. The groups were compared on the basis of composite endpoint All-cause mortality, graft occlusion and systemic morbidity). Stratification analysis was performed by using Mantel-Haenszel method with the patient time model. Cox multivariate regression method was used to adjust for confounding effect after considering the proportional hazard assumption. Cox proportional cause-specific hazard regression model was used for competing risk endpoints. Comparison of survival curves was done with the help of log- rank test.

Linear regression model was used to control for the confounding effect of the secondary continuous outcomes.