title: Lower extremity lymphocele development after saphenous vein harvesting.
abstract: Damage to the lymphatic vessels may occur after surgery on the greater saphenous vein. We describe the development of a lymphocele in a patient after saphenous vein harvesting for a coronary artery bypass graft. Treatment of these lymphoceles should initially be conservative, but if this approach fails, surgical excision should be performed and special attention paid to identifying and ligating the feeding lymphatic vessel.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Letterman Army Medical Center, Presidio of San Francisco, CA 94129-6700.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Velanovich
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mallory
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008210:Lymphocele / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000601:surgery*