INTRODUCTION Abdominal angina is a descriptive term for abdominal pain that can occur postprandially in patients with occlusive mesenteric vascular disease due to insufficient increase in blood flow. CASE PRESENTATION In this case a 60-year-old Caucasian woman with a 2 year history of abdominal angina presented to hospital for elective mesenteric revascularization surgery. Postoperative recov...

Blunt vascular trauma of the lower extremities brings about a high amputation rate, because other organ injuries disturb revascularization. We experienced a case of a superficial femoral artery occlusion caused by blunt trauma. The patient also had a femoral bone fracture and a large skin defect with deep muscular injuries of the thigh. We performed a femoropopliteal (FP) bypass using a sapheno...

Profunda femoris artery aneurysm (PFAA) is an extremely rare entity, with most cases being asymptomatic, which makes obtaining an early diagnosis difficult. We herein report a case series of PFAA, in which more than half of the PFAAs, which presented with no clinical symptoms, were discovered incidentally. All PFAAs were treated surgically with aneurysmectomy with or without vascular reconstruc...

BACKGROUND The long-term success of coronary bypass surgery is dependent on graft patency after surgery. This trial was designed to determine if aspirin improved saphenous vein graft or internal mammary artery (IMA) graft patency between 1 and 3 years after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS AND RESULTS After receiving aspirin 325 mg/d for 1 year after CABG and undergoing a 1-yea...

Abstract Aim Popliteal artery aneurysms (PAAs) are increasingly treated via an endovascular approach. We present mid-term outcomes of popliteal aneurysm repair (PEVAR) from a single centre. Method A retrospective analysis prospective database consecutive patients who underwent either elective or emergency PEVAR in regional vascular centre January 2010 to August 2020. The placement heparin-bonde...

INTRODUCTION Vascular grafts, especially in paediatric cases, need to be durable. Common failures such as thrombosis are well documented with research efforts directed towards them. However, there are lesser known causes of graft failure, such as graft calcification, and these also require further research focus. REPORT A paediatric case is described in which a synthetic renovascular graft, i...

Bypass graft failure and major amputation are among the most dreaded complications of infrainguinal bypass surgery. In this large multicenter analysis, we examined incidence risk factors for limb to rescue (FTR) after either surgery or failure. A prospectively maintained, database was retrospectively queried all procedures performed between 2002 2021. Redo bypasses were excluded. The primary ou...

AIM To investigate the feasibility of the autologous fascia graft in urethra defect reconstruction. METHODS In 24 adult male rabbits, a standardized defect (17 mm) was created within the midportion of each urethra. Two-cm long fascial tube grafts were interposed between the cut ends of the urethra. Twenty-four rabbits were divided into 12 groups. At 0, 3, 10, 15, 21, 30, 45, 60, 90, 120, 150,...

BACKGROUND Nasal tip support is an essential consideration for rhinoplasty in East Asians. There are many techniques to improve tip projection, and among them, the columellar strut is the most popular technique. However, the conventional design is less supportive for rotating the tip. The amount of harvestable septal cartilage is relatively small in East Asians. For an optimal outcome, we propo...

BACKGROUND Experience with the use of porous high-density polyethylene (PHDPE) for reconstruction of the nasal framework has been limited. OBJECTIVE To confirm the safety and utility of PHDPE by analyzing aesthetic outcomes and assessing the frequency of complication related to PHDPE in a large, population-based, long-term follow-up study. METHODS A total of 151 patients who had undergone s...