Dear Editor, The use of tunnelled dialysis catheters (TDCs) in patients awaiting permanent dialysis access creation has resulted in a rise in the prevalence of central venous stenosis and occlusion (CVSO) in up to 50% of cases.1,2 CVSO is a difficult problem to manage. The mainstay of treatment for CVSO includes percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and stenting. These are, however, prone...

Introduction Limb-salvage surgery has become the mainstream approaches for treatment of sarcoma in lower extremity. In cases where infiltrates primary vessel, concurrent resection vessels and vascular reconstruction are required to ensure sufficient preservation limb function. The objective this study is assess clinical outcomes patients who underwent utilizing synthetic grafts salvage, specifi...

abstract- studies of the epidemiology of civilian vascular trauma in developing countries are rather few. this is a prospective study of our experience with vascular trauma in a referral university hospital in tehran, iran. the aim was to study the etiology, pattern of injuries and the mortality and morbidity rates due to vascular trauma in our population. in this cross-sectional study, all tra...

OBJECTIVE Aortic endovascular stent-graft implantation is associated with low morbidity and mortality rates. Overstenting of the left subclavian artery may be necessary to create a satisfactory proximal 'landing zone' for the stent-graft. Few cases have been published reporting adverse neurological events after overstenting of the left subclavian artery. We thus evaluated whether this procedure...

BACKGROUND We sought to evaluate and describe our centre's experience with the Amplatzer vascular plug (AVP) for the occlusion of common and internal iliac arteries (CIA; IIA) during endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). METHODS We performed a retrospective analysis of 20 consecutive patients between October 2006 and December 2007, who underwent occlusion of the CIA or IIA before or dur...

INTRODUCTION In vascular surgery the crossover iliofemoral bypass grafting is a well-known surgical technique. In general surgery the repair of an abdominal defect using a Polypropylene mesh is also a standard procedure. A particular technique is defined by the performance of these 2 separate procedures inside a single operation in which the crossover arterial graft is directed from the retrope...

Platelet survival time is frequently shortened in patients with coronary artery disease, and it is one of several factors that might contribute to graft occlusion after saphenous vein coronary artery bypass (CAB). In 35 patients with CAB, average platelet survival (autologous labeling with 51Chromium) was shortened in 20 with one or more saphenous vein grafts occluded and normal in 15 with all ...

BACKGROUND Coronary vein graft disease is an important contributor to the morbidity after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Late occlusion of the graft is a serious complication that limits the use of the saphenous vein as a coronary bypass conduit. It is frequently encountered in old, degenerated vein grafts with advanced atherosclerotic plaque formation. Paraoxonase-1 (PON-1) is an HDL-...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to present radial and saphenous vein graft (SVG) occlusion results more than 5 years following coronary artery bypass surgery. BACKGROUND In the RAPS (Radial Artery Patency Study) study, complete graft occlusion was less frequent in radial artery compared with SVG 1 year post-operatively while functional occlusion (Thrombolysis In Myocardial Infarction...