What is Bypass (surgical)?
In [[medicine]], a '''bypass''' usually means making another route for the [[blood]] to flow. Sometimes an [[artery]], the channel through which the blood flows, becomes blocked up. The patient has a bypass [[Surgery|operation]]. Very often the [[surgeon]] will take part of a [[vein]] from the patient's leg and move it to the place with the blockage so that the blood can flow round the blocked part. {{Authority control}} {{med-stub}} [[Category:Surgery]] [[Category:Cardiovascular system]]