Profundaplasty: an alternative way
The standard profundaplasty is a patch angioplasty. No doubt, it is a nice way but not without weaknesses. If you use a vein patch you …
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The standard profundaplasty is a patch angioplasty. No doubt, it is a nice way but not without weaknesses. If you use a vein patch you …
Continue ReadingDo you want to know a good trick for the very-very distal anastomosis on a distal bypass?
Continue ReadingSo you need to use a vein as a graft for a bypass. Definitely, it must not be long as it may kink leading to …
Continue ReadingSo, everything went well, and it is time now to close the abdomen. What an issue? Piece of cake. Is it so? Abdominal incisions are …
Continue ReadingSo, we are talking about venous intra-abdominal bleeding. From an iliac vein or inferior vena cava injury. If this is from a visible point check …
Continue ReadingCan you think of a really fat person presenting with acute lower limb ischemia? Think of someone whose thigh is twice as normal size. Of …
Continue ReadingAn iliac vein or worse an IVC (inferior vena cava) tear can be a nightmare. The patient may bleed heavily, and quickly the patient’s situation …
Continue ReadingDo you need to use the basilic vein for an autologous arteriovenous fistula (AVF)? This is really a good idea. Autologous vein, no synthetic graft …
Continue ReadingSo you have dived into a lake full of blood from a ruptured AAA. And you have proximal control. Great! What you need now is …
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