title: [Iatrogenic traumatic lesions of femoral veins during varicose veins surgery].
abstract: Traumatic lesions of the femoral veins during varicose veins surgery are very uncommon and they raise several therapeutic difficulties. They occur in 1/1000 cases of varicose veins operated. The authors describe four cases of lesions of this type that were seen and treated for the last six years, probably because there was an increase in the number of varicose veins operated on in the Lisbon area. The authors discuss the surgical options and they concluded that these complications can be minimized with good anatomical and surgical skills, specially of the saphenous-femoral and saphenous-popliteal junctions.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Angiologia e Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital de Santa Marta, Lisboa.
authors.forename: Pereira
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Albino
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Meireles
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martins
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Duarte
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Amaral
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bettencourt
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Capitão
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carvalho
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000293:injuries*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014648:Varicose Veins / Q000601:surgery*