A 38-year-old male was admitted to our hospital due to painful swelling of his right popliteal fossa. He had been kicked in his right popliteal fossa during a soccer game about three weeks earlier. Computerized tomographic angiography of the lower extremity demonstrated a 4-cm-wide, 3-cm-long aneurysmal change of the popliteal artery. He underwent aneurysmectomy and graft interposition using a ...

An adult female patient with primary lymphedema of the lower extremity was treated with total excision of the subcutaneous tissues followed by delayed reconstruction with a giant full thickness skin graft taken from the excised surgical specimen. The leg has maintained excellent function and contour over the ensuing 15 years. A small area on the dorsum of the foot that initially was covered wit...

Early graft thrombosis following lower extremity bypass (LEB) has long served as a quality indicator of surgical management. A granular understanding the risk factors for might help mitigate potentially avoidable sequelae this complication. Our study utilized Vascular Quality Initiative (VQI) data to identify predictor variables associated with during index admission LEB. We queried VQI databas...

Men and women with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease (PAD) have higher levels of inflammatory biomarkers than those without PAD. Observational studies link higher levels of several inflammatory biomarkers, including C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and soluble adhesion molecules, to 1 or more of the following outcomes in people with PAD: more sever...

Late upper extremity embolic complications of occluded axillofemoral bypass graft (AxFG) or occluded axillo- axillary bypass graft (AxAG) are not frequently noted. A patient presented with acute right upper extremity thromboembolism 2 years after an AxFG occlusion. Computed tomography (CT) findings revealed kinking and occlusion of the axillary artery at the anastomosis. Another patient present...

Infections of vascular prosthesis are severe adverse events following vascular reconstruction. The incidence varying between 1 and 6 per cent, depending on the anatomical site, with the highest rate occurring in vascular access grafts placed in inguinal and lower extremity incisions in patients undergoing bypass procedures [1,2]. The management of infected prosthetic vascular grafts continues t...

OBJECTIVE To compare an alternative treatment for lower extremity burns with the standard in-hospital treatment, in an attempt to shorten hospital stay. DESIGN A case-control series. SETTING A university-affiliated hospital. PATIENTS All patients with a burn isolated to a lower extremity were treated over an 8-month period with split-thickness skin grafting (STSG), Unna paste dressing, im...