EJVES Extra
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 27-28, March 2009

Laceration of the Femoral Vein Following Stripping of a Fibrotic Great Saphenous Vein

  • M. Aldenzee

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. M. Aldenzee, Physician Assistant Vascular Surgery, Máxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven, Surgery, de Run 4600, 5504 DB, Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
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  • M.R. Scheltinga

Máxima Medisch Centrum Veldhoven, The Netherlands

Received 27 June 2008; accepted 16 November 2008. published online 27 January 2009.

Abstract 

Aim

To report a complication in the femoral vein (FV) following stripping of the great saphenous vein (GSV).

Case report

We report an FV laceration after invagination stripping, possibly related to post-thrombotic thickening of a GSV and its mid-thigh perforator (MTP).

Discussion

In patients with a history of ascending thrombophlebitis, duplex ultrasound imaging may identify thickening of GSV and MTP. If invasive therapy is deemed necessary, MTP should be marked preoperatively and ligated separately. However, percutaneous, minimally invasive techniques may be preferred in these patients.

Keywords: Great saphenous vein, Mid-thigh perforator, Thrombophlebitis, Saphenous stripping, Stripping GSV

 

PII: S1533-3167(08)00033-2

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.11.006

Refers to article:

  • Laceration of the Femoral Vein Following Stripping of a Fibrotic Great Saphenous Vein , 27 January 2009

    M. Aldenzee, M.R. Scheltinga
    European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery April 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 4, Page 496)

EJVES Extra
Volume 17, Issue 3 , Pages 27-28, March 2009

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