Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a rare non-atherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that most commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries, veins and nerves of the extremities, and generally affects young tobacco smokers. A 53-year-old man was found to have critical ischaemia of his left lower limb with foot gangrene. He underwent extremely distal surgical revascularisation using a great saphenous vein bypass graft. The choice of a very distal artery as run-off vessel promoted a faster wound healing and pain relief, with improvement in quality of life.
Extreme distal bypass to improve wound healing in Buerger's disease / De Caridi, G; Massara, M; Villari, S; Martelli, Eugenio; Spinelli, F; Grande, R; Butrico, L; de Franciscis, S; Serra, R.. - In: INTERNATIONAL WOUND JOURNAL. - ISSN 1742-4801. - (2014). [10.1111/iwj.12241]
Extreme distal bypass to improve wound healing in Buerger's disease
MARTELLI, Eugenio;
2014-01-01
Abstract
Thromboangiitis obliterans or Buerger's disease is a rare non-atherosclerotic segmental inflammatory vasculitis that most commonly involves small and medium-sized arteries, veins and nerves of the extremities, and generally affects young tobacco smokers. A 53-year-old man was found to have critical ischaemia of his left lower limb with foot gangrene. He underwent extremely distal surgical revascularisation using a great saphenous vein bypass graft. The choice of a very distal artery as run-off vessel promoted a faster wound healing and pain relief, with improvement in quality of life.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.