Prosthetic replacement of a long segment of vein in the treatment of a lower limb injury

1 March 1977

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in British Journal of Surgery

Vol. 64 (3) , 200-202
https://doi.org/10.1002/bjs.1800640315

Abstract

Summary: A patient who sustained exceptionally severe damage to the main blood vessels and to the collateral circulation of his left lower limb is reported. The femoropopliteal vein was replaced by a Dacron prosthesis which remained patent for 6 weeks until an adequate collateral circulation was established.

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