title: Successful reconstruction of stripped superficial femoral vein.
abstract: A 69-year-old man who had hemorrhagic shock after inadvertent stripping of the right superficial femoral-popliteal vein during surgery for greater saphenous vein varicosis in another hospital was referred to us. Phlebography revealed a ruptured popliteal vein with intact profunda femoris and common femoral veins. The stripped superficial femoral-popliteal vein brought in a jar was reimplanted. Phlebography performed during the patient's follow-up visits in our outpatient clinic 11 months postoperatively showed a patent femoral vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. ialecksi@gwdg.de
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Aleksic
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sîrbu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tirilomis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bensch
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dalichau
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019300:Medical Errors; D011152:Popliteal Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012092:Replantation; D012771:Shock, Hemorrhagic / Q000209:etiology; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*