Use of a Superficial Femoral Artery Autograft as a Femoral Vein Replacement

• Published in: Annals of vascular surgery Vol. 29; no. 2; pp. 364.e19 - 364.e21
• Main Authors: Korkmaz, Kemal, Gedik, Hikmet Selçuk, Yalçınkaya, Adnan, Yener, Ali Ümit, Diken, Adem İlkay, Çağlı, Kerim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Inc 01.02.2015
• Subjects: Arteriovenous Fistula - etiology; Arteriovenous Fistula - surgery; Autografts; Biocompatible Materials; Blood Vessel Prosthesis; Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; Chronic Disease; Femoral Artery - injuries; Femoral Artery - surgery; Femoral Artery - transplantation; Femoral Vein - injuries; Femoral Vein - surgery; Fluorocarbon Polymers; Humans; Surgery; Time Factors; Wounds, Gunshot - complications

Posttraumatic arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are common complications of vascular penetrating trauma. Here we present a case of a 59-year-old woman who had a history of gunshot injury 42 years ago causing AVF between superficial femoral artery (SFA) and superficial femoral vein (SFV). SFV was resecte...