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Femoral Superficial Traumatic Arteriovenous Fistulas—A Case Report

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Fabrizio Nesi

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Giorgio Rabitti

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Michele Danilo Pierri

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Pier Luigi Antignani

Department of Cardiac Surgery and Angiology, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Carlo Bassano

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

Luigi Claudio D'Alessandro

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ospedale S. Camillo, Rome, Italy

From 1969 to 1989, 3 patients were operated on in the Cardiac Surgery Depart ment for femoral superficial arteriovenous fistula. They represent 3.4% of the vascular traumas operated on in the same period at the author's institution. In these patients the symptoms were due to swelling; there were no general altera tions. The echo Doppler method was very useful for diagnostic evaluation. Sur gical technique avoided large venous manipulations and ensured anatomical continuity of arteries and veins.

Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Vol. 26, No. 5, 415-420 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/153857449202600511


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