title: Use of a superficial femoral artery autograft as a femoral vein replacement during en bloc sarcoma resection.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Soft tissue malignancy encasing axial vessels presents a surgical challenge when the goal is limb-preserving radical excision.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case where limb-preserving resection of a myxoid liposarcoma involving the femoral vessels was successfully performed in the absence of autologous superficial vein for vascular reconstruction. The proximal ipsilateral superficial femoral artery was harvested as an autograft for venous reconstruction, with the arterial defect bridged using a polytetrafluoroethylene interposition graft.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This technique may be selectively extended to other indications where limb viability is dependent upon availability of a high-quality graft, and conventional conduits are either unavailable or unreliable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery, Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Jonathan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: Jagjeeth
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Naik
authors.forename: Coonoor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chandrasekar
authors.forename: Qi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: Srinivasa R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Vallabhaneni
mesh_terms: D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D005268:Femoral Vein / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018208:Liposarcoma, Myxoid / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene