Venous claudication successfully treated by distal superficial femoral-to-greater saphenous venous bypass.
Chronic venous disease of the lower extremities is a clinical entity that is commonly encountered by practicing physicians. The problem is usually a direct consequence of a previous episode of deep venous thrombosis. Patients so afflicted suffer from a distinct series of symptoms that are grouped under the term "postthrombotic" or "postphlebitic" syndrome. These consist of leg edema, stasis dermatitis, ulceration, and sometimes claudication. The causative pathophysiologic features consist of either valvular incompetence and/or main channel obstruction. This report offers a new method of relieving symptoms caused by a superficial femoral vein obstruction.
D000328:Adult; D004487:Edema / Q000601:surgery; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014689:Venous Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*