Post traumatic reconstruction of external iliac and common femoral veins using femoral vein interposition autograft.

We describe a case of 18-year old male traffic accident victim, presenting with extensive venous injury of the right inguinal region including external iliac vein (EIV) and common femoral vein (CFV) requiring immediate ligation. Due to life-threatening phlegmasia cerulea dolens (PCD) venous reconstruction was successfully performed using a femoral vein (FV) interposition autograft from the contralateral lower limb.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research