13 Years Patent Graft after Femoro-femoral Bypass Using a Ringed Graft for Deep Vein Thrombosis

Abstract

A 53-year old female had sudden onset of left lower limb pain and swelling at 16 days after her right sided hip joint replacement surgery. Femoro-femoral crossover bypass using a ringed ePTFE graft was performed for her acute deep vein thrombosis without arterio-venous fistula achieving disappearance of the left thigh edema. The graft was patent by venography even after 13 years.