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Original Source: Combined Femoral Vein Transposition and Iliac Vein to Suprarenal Vena Cava Bypass as a Last Resort Dialysis Access.
Patients undergoing hemodialysis are known to develop central venous occlusion and exhaust all options for vascular access to upper extremity sites; therefore, creating and maintaining vascular access is paramount in such patients. The present case report describes the condition of a 34-year-old woman with failed upper extremity access, frequent catheter-related issues, and multiple central venous occlusions. As a last resort, access to the lower extremity was pursued as follows: an inferior vena cava bypas...
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Vein-Graft Harvesting Technique in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
To the Editor: Dr Williams and colleagues reported an analysis of vein-graft harvesting in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. They found a significant decrease in complic...
Endoscopic vein-graft harvesting technique safe for CABG surgery
Although there have been questions regarding the safety and durability of endoscopic vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, an analysis of data of more than 200,000 patien...
Less Invasive Surgery Safe for Harvesting Bypass Veins: Study
TUESDAY, July 31 (HealthDay News) -- The use of minimally invasive endoscopy to harvest leg veins used in coronary artery bypass graft surgery is as safe as using ankle-to-groin incisions, a new study...
Endoscopic Vein Harvest Proves Itself in CABG (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Harvesting vein grafts endoscopically during coronary artery bypass graft surgery, rather than with an open procedure, did not increase the risk of death or other adverse cardiac ou...
Despite a decrease in utilization rate during the last decade, more than 400 000 coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery procedures were performed in 2009. It has been one of the most extensively...
A Little TLC Boosts Patency of Bypass Grafts (CME/CE)
LOS ANGELES (MedPage Today) -- Saphenous vein grafts for bypass surgery may hold up better with a little extra care, researchers investigating a "no-touch" harvesting technique and an "external stent"...
Ultrasound Plus Doppler Excludes DVT in Pregnancy (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The use of compression ultrasonography with Doppler imaging of the iliac vein appears to reliably rule out deep vein thrombosis in symptomatic pregnant women, researchers found.
Recent Ex-Smokers May Fare Worse After Heart Bypass: Study
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2, -- Chinese scientists have found that recent ex-smokers contemplating heart bypass surgery may run into trouble due to lingering smoking-related enzyme changes in the leg vein typic...
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A 73-year-old male patient was found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm complicated with bilateral common iliac artery aneurysms. He also had hepatitis C, chronic liver cirrhosis (Child-Pugh class B...
The patency of sequential and individual vein coronary bypass grafts: a systematic review.
Saphenous vein grafts continue to be the backbone of daily coronary revascularization practice, but controversy still exists about whether to use them as an individual or sequential graft. We undertoo...
Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma associated with iliac vein rupture.
OBJECTIVE: Spontaneous retroperitoneal hematoma (SRH) associated with iliac vein rupture is a rare but life-threatening emergency with high operative mortality. This study summarizes our experience in...
Acute TypeA Aortic Dissection with Superior Mesenteric Arterial Dissection; Report of a Case.
We report a case of acute type A dissection with acute abdomen due to blood flow insufficiency in the superior mesenteric artery. A 73-year-old man was presented to hospital complaining sudden onset o...
