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Treatment of Radiation Induced Arterial Occlusion: Importance of Extraanatomic Approach: Case Reports

Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee

Steven M. Blount

Edward S. Yee

Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee, Division of Cardiovascular Thoracic Surgery, East Tennessee State University

Nghia M. Vo

Department of Surgery, East Tennessee State University, College of Medicine, Johnson City, Tennessee

Paul E. Stanton

Radiation injury is an uncommon but increasingly important cause of arterial insufficiency. Radiation-in duced vascular compromise can threaten limbs once thought salvaged by radiotherapy in the course of treating neoplasms. Two cases of la tent arterial occlusion secondary to radiotherapy are reported. The alter ation of tissue architecture surround ing this type of arterial injury requires a different approach to vas cular repair afforded only by ex traanatomic bypass grafting.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 24, No. 2, 121-126 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/153857449002400208


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