Palma J H, Gomes W J, Almeida D R, Carvalho A C, Brasil L A, Buffolo E
Department of Surgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.
Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Apr;65(4):1135-7. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00049-6.
We describe a case of a patient who had a ruptured aorta repaired by femorofemoral bypass with an interposition graft and subsequently had a graft infection. The patient was taken to operation and the old graft was removed. It was replaced by a spiral great saphenous vein graft. The patient has been followed up for 36 months with computed tomographic scanning, which has shown that the vein graft has not dilated.