title: Traumatic disruption of saphenous vein graft bypassed to the dorsalis pedis artery.
abstract: We describe a rare case of traumatic disruption of saphenous vein graft bypassed to the dorsalis pedis artery. The vein graft was disrupted at the level of ankle joint by blunt trauma and symptoms of acute foot ischemia were recognized. The injured vein graft was reconstructed with cephalic vein graft interposition. He has been free from any events of foot ischemia at 10 months follow-up with patent vein graft to the dorsalis pedis artery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shinsuma General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shinsuma General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ikuro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kitano
authors.affiliation: Department of Plastic Surgery, Shinsuma General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoriko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tsuji
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Shinsuma General Hospital, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Katsuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sawada
keywords: distal bypass; saphenous vein graft; vascular trauma