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  • Title: [Reconstruction of femoral vein using ePTFE grafts].
    Author: Ohara T, Fukushima K, Hasegawa T, Ohki I.
    Journal: Nihon Geka Gakkai Zasshi; 1991 Jun; 92(6):753-6. PubMed ID: 1886583.
    Abstract:
    Rare cases of reconstruction of peripheral veins were reported. We experienced two patients with liposarcomas of the thigh in which the femoral vessels were resected with the tumor and reconstructed with ePTFE grafts. In a 51-year-old male, the left femoral vein was reconstructed with an ePTFE graft 6 mm in diameter and 11 cm in length; but the graft occluded early in the postoperative period. In another case, a 33-year-old male, the right femoral vein was reconstructed with a ringed ePTFE graft 8 mm in diameter and 9 cm in length, with an arterio-venous fistula. The graft maintained its patency for 7 months after surgery.
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