title: Long saphenous vein storage after femoro-distal bypass grafting.
abstract: Segments of long saphenous vein generated during the preparation of conduits for femoro-distal bypasses can be stored in saline at 4 degrees C. Two occasions on which such stored vein segments have proved valuable in graft revision after early graft thrombosis are described.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Regional Vascular Unit, Nuffield Department of Surgery, Oxford University, John Radcliffe Hospital, U.K.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Lamont
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Colman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gray
mesh_terms: D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D009926:Organ Preservation / Q000379:methods*; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000601:surgery