Successful reconstruction of stripped superficial femoral vein

J Vasc Surg. 2001 May;33(5):1111-3. doi: 10.1067/mva.2001.113977.

Abstract

A 69-year-old man who had hemorrhagic shock after inadvertent stripping of the right superficial femoral-popliteal vein during surgery for greater saphenous vein varicosis in another hospital was referred to us. Phlebography revealed a ruptured popliteal vein with intact profunda femoris and common femoral veins. The stripped superficial femoral-popliteal vein brought in a jar was reimplanted. Phlebography performed during the patient's follow-up visits in our outpatient clinic 11 months postoperatively showed a patent femoral vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Femoral Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Femoral Vein / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical Errors*
  • Popliteal Vein / diagnostic imaging
  • Popliteal Vein / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Replantation*
  • Shock, Hemorrhagic / etiology
  • Varicose Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Varicose Veins / surgery*