Successful reconstruction of stripped superficial femoral vein.
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.
Aleksic
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Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Georg-August-University, Göttingen, Germany. ialecksi@gwdg.de
Busch
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Sîrbu
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Tirilomis
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Bensch
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Dalichau
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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*