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In medicine, a bypass generally means an alternate or additional route for blood flow, which is created in bypass surgery, e.g. coronary artery bypass surgery by moving blood vessels or implanting synthetic tubing. Vessels frequently used for the bypass are large veins taken from the patient's leg. When and where possible, however, an artery is cut from one place and reconnected to another artery, which supplies a region that needs the blood supply more than the original site. Generally the blood flow in the receiving vessel is temporarily interrupted or reduced while the bypass is connected. To create a bypass to a critical artery, the connection can be made while blood is flowing through the receiving vessel with the ELANA operating technique. Image File history File links Mergefrom. ... Vascular Surgery technique used mainly in neurosurgery to create a bypass without interrupting blood supply in the recipient blood vessels. ... For the chemical substances known as medicines, see medication. ... Blood flow is the flow of blood in the cardiovascular system. ... Early in a coronary artery bypass surgery during vein harvesting from the legs (left of image) and the establishment of bypass (placement of the aortic cannula) (bottom of image). ... In the circulatory system, a vein is a blood vessel that carries blood toward the heart. ... Section of an artery For other uses, see Artery (disambiguation). ... Vascular Surgery technique used mainly in neurosurgery to create a bypass without interrupting blood supply in the recipient blood vessels. ...