Superficial femoral artery as a substitute for common carotid artery affected by malignant cervical tumors

Minerva Chir. 1999 Mar;54(3):171-4.

Abstract

Tumoral disease of the arteries is uncommon. It is possible that, in tumoral reoperations affecting cervical structures, periarterial fibrosis due to radiotherapy and previous surgery and metastatic adherences to the arterial wall makes radical surgery difficult. We present a case where the surgical treatment of a regional relapse from laryngeal neoplasm needed the removal of the common carotid artery and its reconstruction with autologous patent superficial femoral artery. Surgical technique included a PTFE graft interposition in the leg.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / surgery
  • Carotid Artery, Common / pathology
  • Carotid Artery, Common / surgery*
  • Femoral Artery / transplantation*
  • Glottis
  • Humans
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Laryngeal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Laryngectomy
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neck Dissection
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Reoperation
  • Submandibular Gland / pathology
  • Submandibular Gland / surgery