Abstract
We report on a 52-year old male patient who underwent implantation of an insulin pump because he had diabetes and in whom superior vena cava syndrome developed as a long-term complication. After unsuccessful lysis therapy superficial femoral vein was implanted to form a bypass from the internal jugular vein to the right atrium. The postoperative course was uneventful from the aspects of both the bypass and the leg after explantation of the superficial femoral vein. The bypass is still patent 7 months after the operation, and the patient has no symptoms. Autogenous superficial femoral vein can be used successfully in the reconstruction of large venous vessels. It should be the graft of choice for young patients with benign diseases. We compare our result and those obtained with different substitutes described in the literature that have been used for reconstruction in superior vena cava syndrome.
Zusammenfassung
Bei einem 52jährigen, männlichen Patienten trat nach Implantation einer Insulinpumpe als Spätkomplikation eine Thrombose der Vena cava superior auf. Nach erfolgloser Lysetherapie wurde ein Venajugularis-rechtsatrialer-Venenbypass mit autologer Vena femoralis durchgeführt. Der postoperative Heilungsverlauf war sowohl von Seiten des gefäßrekonstruktiven Eingriffs, als auch von Seiten der Venenentnahmestelle komplikationslos. Der Bypass ist 7 Monate postoperativ offen und der Patient beschwerdefrei. Die autologe Vena femoralis eignet sich zur Rekonstruktion großer venöser Gefäße ausgezeichnet. Sie sollte v. a. bei benignen Prozessen und jüngeren Patienten als autologes Bypassmaterial dem Kunststoff vorgezogen werden. Das Ergebnis wird mit verschiedenen Gefäßsubstituten, die bei Verschluß der oberen Hohlvene verwendet werden, verglichen.
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Klima, U., Mair, R., Groß, C. et al. Die verwendung der autologen vena femoralis bei vena-cava-superior-thrombose. Langenbecks Arch Chir 379, 120–122 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00195874
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