BACKGROUND Central vein stenosis or occlusion is a common complication that can lead to significant morbidity and dysfunction of access in the hemodialysis patient. More lesions can develop over time, and preserving access becomes a challenge as life expectancy of the hemodialysis patient increases. OBJECTIVES The goal was to compare long-term results and determine the outcomes of open-cell s...

There is still debate whether sintethic graft (polytetrafluoroethylene or Dacron) is equivalent to vein as bypass graft material for the above-knee femoropopliteal bypass. Therefore, we performed prospective randomized trial to compare vein with polytetrafluoroethylene/dacron for femoropopliteal bypasses with the distal anastomosis above the knee. Between January 2000 and June 2003, 121 femorop...

BACKGROUND Optimization of saphenous vein patency for myocardial revascularization. OBJECTIVE The goal of this study was to present the no-touch technique of saphenous vein preparation. This technique consists of harvesting the vein with a pedicle of surrounding tissue, which protects the vein from distension pressure. METHODS We performed a prospective, randomized study that compared 2 tec...

BACKGROUND Although stent implantation is used worldwide for peripheral arterial disease, there is little data on the safety and long-term patency of stents implanted for venous disease. METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 13 patients with 14 lesions (6 males, 7 females, mean age: 63.2±10.2 years) diagnosed with venous stenosis and who underwent venous stenting. We examined the location of the ste...

To determine whether long-term oral anticoagulant treatment was effective in improving graft performance and preventing major amputation following vein bypass surgery for femoropopliteal atherosclerosis, a clinical trial was conducted in one single center and continued during 10 years. After 130 patients had electively received a femoropopliteal vein graft, they were randomly assigned to a ther...

OBJECTIVE To describe and evaluate the functional and oncologic results of one internal jugular vein replacement after bilateral radical neck dissection (RND). STUDY DESIGN A retrospective historical cohort study. METHODS Since 1972 all patients (n = 9) undergoing bilateral RND with resection of both internal jugular veins had a reconstruction of one internal jugular vein. In six cases the ...

Figure 1: The echo-colour doppler and CT show the complications of an extreme endovascular treatment. (A) Occlusion of the right jugular vein, patency of the trunk of the brachiocephalic and subclavian vein and thrombosis of the left jugular vein and the brachiocephalic trunk with residual stenosis of 70%. (B) The extreme treatment and endovascular stenting (CT view). (C) Occlusion of the right...