A Case of Life-threatening Hemorrhagic Shock Due to Spontaneous Rupture of a Leg Varicose Vein
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We report a case of massive, life-threatening from a varicose lesion of the right lower extremity. An 81-year-old lady was brought to the emergency room at our hospital because of massive bleeding from her right leg. She had had high ligation of the right saphenous vein at another hospital 2 years ago. After hemostat and transfusion, she recovered from hemorrhagic shock. Three-dimensional enhanced computed tomography angiography revealed a residual right great saphenous vein and recurrent varicose lesion. We performed high ligation of the great saphenous vein and closed all of the residual perforators. The patient was discharged hospital 10 days after the surgery and experienced no bleeding episodes within 8 months after the surgery. Certain high ligation and elimination of perforators of the great saphenous vein in surgery for varicose vein of leg is necessary to prevent lethal bleeding.
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