Arterial clamping leads to stenosis at clamp sites after femoropopliteal bypass surgery.

Background: To date, the incidence and clinical relevance of arterial stenosis at clamp sites after femoropopliteal bypass surgery is unknown.

Methods: Ninety-four patients underwent a femoropopliteal bypass in which the arterial inflow and outflow clamp sites were controlled by the Fogarty-Soft-Inlay clamp and marked with an hemoclip. The number of pre-existing atherosclerotic segments, clamp force, and clamp time were recorded and the occurrence of a stenosis at the clamp site was determined.

Superior two-year results of externally unsupported polyester compared to supported grafts in above-knee bypass grafting: a multicenter randomised trial.

Objectives: The aim of this study was to compare externally supported thin wall knitted polyester (P-EXS) and externally unsupported thin wall knitted polyester (P-non-EXS) for above-knee (AK) femoro-popliteal bypass grafting.

Design: A prospective multicenter randomised clinical trial.

Material And Methods: Between 1999 and 2008, 265 AK femoro-popliteal bypass grafts (6 mm in diameter) were performed, including 136 P-EXS and 129 P-non-EXS.

[A 40-year old male presented with a painful cord running over his chest].

This disease, Mondor's disease, is a self-limiting disease caused by a thrombophlebitis of the superficial epigastric and thoracic veins. In this case repetitive injury sustained from running was probably the cause.

A young man with intimomedial mucoid degeneration of the brachial artery.

Intimomedial mucoid degeneration is a rare disorder and has been described as a distinctly different entity from Erdheim's cystic medial necrosis. Most studies show a strong predominance in African American females with hypertension. In our case report, we describe the presence of a large brachial aneurysm in a young white male with intimomedial mucoid degeneration.

Dacron or ePTFE for femoro-popliteal above-knee bypass grafting: short- and long-term results of a multicentre randomised trial.

Objectives: To compare expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) prosthesis and collagen-impregnated knitted polyester (Dacron) for above-knee (AK) femoro-popliteal bypass grafts.

Design: A prospective multicentre randomised clinical trial.

Patients And Methods: Between 1992 and 1996, 228 AK femoro-popliteal bypass grafts were randomly allocated to either an ePTFE (n=114) or a Dacron (n=114) vascular graft (6mm in diameter).