Atsushi Guntani1, Ryosuke Yoshiga2, Shinsuke Mii2. 1. Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital, 5-9-27 Haruno-machi, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, 805-8527, Japan. aguntani@yahoo.co.jp. 2. Department of Vascular Surgery, Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital, 5-9-27 Haruno-machi, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu, 805-8527, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: A saphenous vein complicated with varicose veins is generally thought to be unsuitable for bypass grafting. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient who developed sepsis due to lower limb gangrene was successfully treated by endovascular treatment and bypass surgery using a varicose vein graft. There were no complications, such as occlusion or aneurysm, of the varicose vein graft during the 2-year follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: We herein report a case in which bypass surgery with a varicose vein graft was used to avoid major amputation of the lower limb, and the patient recovered markedly from sepsis. If there are no other appropriate autologous veins for revascularization of lower limb gangrene, a varicose vein graft may be useful as a conduit for bypass surgery at risk of graft infection.
BACKGROUND: A saphenous vein complicated with varicose veins is generally thought to be unsuitable for bypass grafting. CASE PRESENTATION: A patient who developed sepsis due to lower limb gangrene was successfully treated by endovascular treatment and bypass surgery using a varicose vein graft. There were no complications, such as occlusion or aneurysm, of the varicose vein graft during the 2-year follow-up period. CONCLUSIONS: We herein report a case in which bypass surgery with a varicose vein graft was used to avoid major amputation of the lower limb, and the patient recovered markedly from sepsis. If there are no other appropriate autologous veins for revascularization of lower limb gangrene, a varicose vein graft may be useful as a conduit for bypass surgery at risk of graft infection.