Abstrac~-------------------This presentation offers a simple yet effective method of venovenous bypass without systemic heparinization to assist in the surgical intervention of renal cell carcinoma involving the inferior vena cava. This system is comprised of a closed BioMedicus (a) centrifugal pump system and cannulation sites of femoral vein and axillary vein. No direct cardiac cannulation is...

Three cases of femoral vein occlusion following a Mc-Vay repair for femoral and inguinal hernias are presented. Phlebography demonstrated constriction of the femoral vein at the site of the repair. This complication is due to compression of the femoral vein by too tight a repair.

Accepted 24 October 1997 A 35-year-old woman presented with a two-week history ofpain in the left hip. A non-smoker, she had been taking low-dose oral contraception (Logynon, Schering) for two years. There was no gynaecological symptomatology, but she had gained 5 kg bodyweight over 12-18 months, despite dieting. The appearance of the left leg suggested deep vein thrombosis, and venography demo...

Thromboembolic events represent the main cause of morbidity and mortality in patients with polycythemia vera. Leukocytosis has been identified as an important risk factor for development vascular thrombosis. A 47-year-old woman vera presented pain swelling her right calf. She was scheduled to receive anagrelide which effective on thrombocytosis, but leukocytosis persisted. diagnosed thrombosis ...

A modification of Forman's technique is described using ultra-thin wall 'teflon' tubing as a disposable long sheath. By this method, solid constructed catheters and endomyocardial bioptomes can be passed across the atrial septum to the left ventricle without manipulation. The sheath can also be used as a modification of the Seldinger technique enabling introduction ofsimilar catheters to the le...

An 8-year-old boy with a 3.8 mm perimembranous ventricular septal defect (PmVSD) and abnormal inferior vena cava return was attempted cardiac catheterization to occlude the VSD. Through the right jugular vein and right femoral artery approach, an 8 mm Amplatzer VSD occluder was successfully deployed under fluoroscopic and echocardiographic guidance. After a 2 year follow-up, the patient is symp...

A 63-year-old man commenced haemodialysis for acuteon-chronic kidney disease following urgent coronary artery bypass grafting on a background history of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension. Following initial treatment with a temporary dialysis catheter placed into the right femoral vein, a dual-lumen permanent catheter (Tesio line) was placed via the left internal jugular vein. The left i...

BACKGROUND The right-to-left shunt at the atrial level is responsible for arterial hypoxemia in patients with atrial septal defect. OBJECTIVES This study investigated the mechanism of arterial hypoxemia in patients with atrial septal defect by measuring the P(O2) in both the right and left upper pulmonary veins. SUBJECTS AND METHOD We prospectively measured the P(O2) in the femoral artery a...

BACKGROUND We observed several cases of rare vascular anomalies within the femoral triangle during varicose vein operations. METHODS From among 2,093 patients who underwent stripping operations of the great saphenous vein between January 2002 and June 2016, 14 cases of rare vascular anomalies were enrolled in this study. RESULTS Twelve cases of femoral artery and vein transposition (0.57%),...

Fat embolism syndrome usually occurs following trauma where fat globules from long bone fractures produce pulmonary, cerebral or cutaneous effects. This case illustrates the presence of macroscopic fat in the right common femoral vein secondary to a long bone fracture. This finding is rare but should be looked for on cross-sectional imaging to allow early, aggressive treatment of fat embolism s...