EJVES Extra
Volume 18, Issue 4 , Pages 41-43, October 2009

Lymphedema after Greater Saphenous Vein Surgery

  • M.V. Heitink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • G.W.H. Schurink

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • C.D.J.M. de Pont

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • M.J.P.G. van Kroonenburgh

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
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  • J.C.J.M. Veraart

      Affiliations

    • Department of Dermatology, University Medical Centre Maastricht, P. Debyelaan 25, PO Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 4 March 2009; accepted 26 June 2009. published online 06 August 2009.

Abstract 

Three patients presented with swollen leg after surgical removal of the greater saphenous vein (GSV): two of them after stripping of the GSV for varicosity and one after harvesting the GSV for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. Lymphoscintigraphic examination of the affected leg revealed an impaired lymphatic drainage. Two of the subjects showed an impaired lymphatic drainage in both the legs, suggesting a pre-existing dysplastic lymphatic system. We discuss and review the cause of lymphedema after venous surgery.

Keywords: Lymphedema, Greater saphenous vein, Surgery, Lymphoscintigraphy

 

PII: S1533-3167(09)00023-5

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2009.06.001

Refers to article:

  • Lymphedema after Greater Saphenous Vein Surgery , 06 August 2009

    M.V. Heitink, G.W.H. Schurink, C.D.J.M. de Pont, M.J.P.G. van Kroonenburgh, J.C.J.M. Veraart
    European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery November 2009 (Vol. 38, Issue 5, Page 656)

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