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Training a Sophisticated Microsurgical Technique: Interposition of External Jugular Vein Graft in the Common Carotid Artery in Rats
Published on: November 11, 2012
Isolated aneurysm of the internal jugular vein
S Kersting1, T Rössel, I Hinterseher
1General, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, University of Dresden, Germany. stephan.kersting@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Abstract:
True venous aneurysms are rare. We report the case of a 70-year-old male with the extremely uncommon finding of an aneurysm of the internal jugular vein. Due to their rarity, no general guidelines for the treatment of these aneurysms have been established. Upon surgical exclusion of the aneurysm, a progressive swelling of the right side of the face was noted in this patient leading to the decision to interpose a thin-walled ePTFE prosthesis for want of a suitable vein graft. Upon follow-up three years later, the patient is completely asymptomatic and the prosthesis is patent in Doppler sonography.
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