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Spiral Saphenous Vein Graft for Replacement of Internal Jugular Vein: A Series of Case Reports

Stuart W. Leafstedt

Richard B. Rubenstein

John F. Pallanch

William H. Wilder

Bilateral radical neck dissection with internal jugular vein extirpation, be it simultaneous or staged, results in severe cephalic venous hypertension. Symp toms remit with time, however, acutely contribute to the morbidity of the proce dure. Internal jugular vein replacement using autogenous saphenous vein that is fashioned into a spiral conduit has been used in three patients undergoing bilat eral or second side radical neck dissection.

The technique entails construction of a large vein conduit by wrapping saphenous vein around a chest tube in a spiral fashion. Patients treated had objective relief of the acute venous hypertension based on cephalic venous pres sure measurements. The three patients undergoing the spiral vein grafting were notable for the lack of any expected symptoms derived from venous hyperten sion, and postoperative venograms demonstrate graft patency at one to two weeks.

Angiology, Vol. 36, No. 11, 827-831 (1985)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978503601111
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