title: Outcomes of endoscopically harvested saphenous vein for lower extremity bypass.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to evaluate the outcomes of endoscopically harvested saphenous vein (EHSV) for lower extremity bypass (LEB) surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 91 consecutive patients who underwent LEB using EHSV between February 2003 and November 2012 were analyzed. Outcomes of interest were wound infection, patency, re-intervention and limb loss.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Fifty-eight (64%) and 33 (36%) patients underwent femoropopliteal (FP) and femorotibial (FT) bypass using EHSV. Three (3%) patients had superficial and 1 (1%) deep wound infection. Primary and primary assisted patency at 5 years was 68% and 71% in the FP group and 56% and 65% in the FT group. Six (6%) patients underwent major amputation. No predicting factors for wound infection or graft patency were found.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  EHSV carries a low incidence of perioperative wound complication and has a reasonable mid-to-long-term patency regardless of the length of vein harvested.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Stony Brook University Medical Center, Winthrop University Hospital, Stony Brook and Mineola, New York.
authors.forename: R D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Malgor
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Margolis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Montecalvo
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Shahidul
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Hines
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007511:Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D009518:New York / Q000453:epidemiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D020858:Tissue and Organ Harvesting / Q000379:methods*; D018616:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Duplex; D014654:Vascular Patency; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*