Comparison of Bypass with Endoscopically Harvested Internal Saphenous Vein versus Bypass with Surgically Harvested Internal Saphenous Vein for Lower Limb Arterial Disease.

Background: Patients with lower limb arterial disease have a high risk for complications related with surgical wounds. The endoscopic extraction of the great saphenous vein (GSV) is a less invasive alternative to the conventional surgical extraction.

Methods: A clinical and ultrasonographic follow-up was carried out on the lower limb bypass with GSV performed in our institution between years 2007 and 2012.

A hybrid open and endovascular repair for treatment of bovine aortic arch aneurysm accompanied by aneurysm of patent ductus arteriosus with deployment of Amplatzer duct occluder.

A rare case of bovine aortic arch aneurysm accompanied by patent ductus Botalli aneurysm was treated using an off-pump hybrid procedure including supraaortic debranching combined with aortic stent grafting and oversewing of pulmonary artery end of the aneurysm. Postoperative computed tomography angiography showed persistent perfusion of the ductus Botalli aneurysm from pulmonary artery, which was successfully closed with an Amplatzer duct occluder. Twenty-two months of follow-up showed good general state of the patient's health status.

Leiomyosarcoma of the deep femoral vein. A rare cause of venous obstruction in lower limbs and an alternative diagnosis to chronic venous thrombus.

Primary venous leiomyosarcoma of the extremities is an uncommon, but aggressive, tumoral entity with a high rate of local recurrence and early hematogenous metastasis. In the present article, we report a case of leiomyosarcoma of the vena profunda femoris. This pathology causes deep venous thrombosis-like symptoms.