title: [Doppler ultrasound of the saphenous vein as a bypass. Detection of arteriovenous fistulae].
abstract: In 13 patients who underwent a femorodistal revascularisation with an in situ saphena vein graft and who had been operated on by angioscopic technique, intraoperative angiography and postoperative colour-coded Doppler sonography and i.v./i.a. digital subtraction angiography (DSA) were performed to detect arteriovenous fistulas (AV fistulas). In intraoperative completion angiography no AV fistulas were seen. Colour-coded Doppler sonography and DSA studies performed three to five days postoperatively revealed AV fistulas in 8 patients. The fistulas could be exactly located by sonography, and, if confirmed haemodynamically significantly by i.v./i.a. DSA, they were marked on the skin and ligated. In the detection of AV fistulas in in situ saphenous vein grafts operated by angioscopic technique colour-coded doppler sonography and i.v./i.a. DSA showed equivalent results. In the detection of connections of AV fistulas to the deep draining veins the i.v./i.a. DSA was superior.
authors.affiliation: Univ.-Klinik für Radiodiagnostik, Wien.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Winkelbauer
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hölzenbein
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Karnel
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gruber
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kretschmer
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lammer
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012086:Reoperation; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation*; D014463:Ultrasonography
vernacular_title: Dopplersonographie der Vena Saphena als Bypass. Nachweis von arterio-venösen Fisteln.