introduction aortic surgery has made much progress recently. yet the combination of aortic surgery and coronary artery bypass grafting has remained a major issue for the surgeons. patient and observation herein, we present a case of severe aortic insufficiency with aortic aneurysm concomitant with single coronary artery disease on the right coronary artery. the patient underwent bentall procedu...

We present the first case of retrograde ablation of the small saphenous vein to treat active venous ulceration. A 73-year-old gentleman with complicated varicose veins of the left leg and a non-healing venous ulcer despite previous successful endovenous treatment to his left great saphenous vein underwent mechanochemical ablation of his small saphenous vein with the ClariVein® system, under loc...

We presented a case of a completely occluded great saphenous vein and transient thrombocytosis following endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) for primary varicose veins of the lower extremity. A 54-year-old man with a left saphenous varicose vein underwent EVLT surgery. Twelve-watt laser irradiation was delivered over the length of 33 cm of the saphenous vein. The cumulative exposure was 1042 J. N...

BACKGROUND Endoluminal laser ablation is now considered the method of choice for treating greater saphenous vein insufficiency. General anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks with sedation have the risk of post-procedural delay in discharge and prolonged immobilization with the risk of deep vein thrombosis. The main pain experienced by patients during the procedure is during the laser ablation ...

Giacomini vein (GV) is an intersaphenous vein that connects lesser saphenous vein cranially to the greater saphenous vein tracking medial side of the leg. It is aimed to emphasize the importance of the diagnostic evaluation regarding the presence and compatibility of this cranial thigh extension of the lesser saphenous vein before planning the treatment modality in lower limb venous insufficien...

Aneurysms of saphenous vein grafts are rare but can result in complications such as myocardial infarction or death. Percutaneous treatment has included a variety of approaches, including covered stents. Long aneurysms in saphenous vein grafts pose an additional challenge due to the lack of coronary covered stents with sufficient length. We present successful treatment of a long saphenous vein g...

Varicose veins are a common condition attecting approximately 10 million patients in Japan. The main cause of varicose veins is reflux of the saphenous vein, and conventional treatment for several decades was stripping the affected saphenous vein and phlebectomy. Endovenous laser treatment (EVLT) is a less-invasive treatment method in which the saphenous vein is ablated with a laser under local...

S. Large saphenous vein graft aneurysm with a fistula to the right atrium. Superior vena cava syndrome secondary to saphenous venous graft aneurysm with right atrial fistula. Giant true saphenous vein graft aneurysm causing cardiac compression: a rare cause of atrial flutter. A large coronary artery saphenous vein bypass graft aneurysm with a fistula: case report and review of the literature.ti...

OBJECTIVE Saphenous vein grafts (SV) used in coronary artery bypass grafting have a limited life and vein occlusion may be the final adverse effect. Efforts to develop new techniques to harvest the saphenous vein may improve the viability of the graft. METHODS Twenty patients were randomly divided into two groups with the objective of evaluating the vascular endothelium. The No Touch (NT) tec...

PURPOSE Increased saphenous vein diameter is a common consequence of saphenous vein reflux. Until now, there have been no reports about the correlation between diameter and reflux of saphenous vein in Korea. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation between saphenous vein reflux and diameter changes. METHODS From April 2009 to August 2012, 777 patients were sent to the vascular...