Relief of superior vena caval syndrome with autologous femoral vein used as a bypass graft.
Two patients presenting with superior venal caval syndrome have been treated surgically. In one patient the obstruction was caused by benign idiopathic mediastinal fibrosis; in the other it was secondary to carcinoma. In both cases venous decompression was achieved by using a segment of autogenous femoral vein to bypass the obstruction.
D000328:Adult; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000601:surgery*