Cyanacrylate Glue Caused Extrinsic Compression of an Infrapopliteal Vein Graft

Ann Vasc Surg. 2020 Feb:63:460.e5-460.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2019.09.020. Epub 2019 Oct 17.

Abstract

Several surgical sealant devices are commercially available after their rigorous clinical testing with no apparent complications reported so far in the current literature. Cyanoacrylate glue can be used to stabilize the anastomoses and permit a better tensile strength in cardiovascular surgery. We first report the case of a 71-year-old male patient presenting with symptoms of progressive limitation of walking distance, 13 months after a successful femoroinfrapopliteal bypass surgery, because of a calcified tissue extrinsically stenosizing the first segment of the previous bypass graft, caused by the use of cyanoacrylate glue.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cyanoacrylates / adverse effects*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / diagnostic imaging
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / etiology*
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / physiopathology
  • Graft Occlusion, Vascular / surgery
  • Humans
  • Intermittent Claudication / diagnostic imaging
  • Intermittent Claudication / etiology*
  • Intermittent Claudication / physiopathology
  • Intermittent Claudication / surgery
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Saphenous Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Saphenous Vein / physiopathology
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation*
  • Time Factors
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Grafting / adverse effects*
  • Vascular Patency

Substances

  • Cyanoacrylates