Clinical Features of Primary Vein Grafts in Free Tissue Transfers

Table 1

Patients summary.

Patient number	Age, year	Sex	Etiology	Anatomic site	Type of free tissue	Recipient a.	Recipient v.	Vein graft	Complication	Result	Comments
1	39	M	Open fracture	Lower extremity	Groin	Ant. tibial a.	Ant. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
2	27	M	Degloving injury	Hand	Dorsal pedis	Radial a.		Interarterial		Successful
3	18	M	Degloving injury	Forearm	Groin		Cephalic v.	Intervenous	Congestion	Reexploration	Survival
4	38	M	Open fracture	Lower extremity	Groin		Saphenous v.	Intervenous		Successful
5	34	F	Open fracture	Lower extremity	ALT	Ant. tibial a.	Ant. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
6	71	M	Hypopharyngeal ca.	Neck	Jejunum	Lingual a.	Internal jugular v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
7	22	M	Open fracture	Lower extremity	ALT	Post. tibial a.		Interarterial		Successful
8	21	M	Open fracture	Lower extremity	ALT	Ant. tibial a.		Interarterial		Successful
9	65	M	Osteomyelitis	Lower extremity	Fibula	Post. tibial a.	Post. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
10	59	M	Hypopharyngeal ca.	Neck	Jejunum	Lingual a.		Interarterial		Successful
11	70	M	Osteomyelitis	Lower extremity	Fibula	Post. tibial a.	Post. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
12	57	M	Osteomyelitis	Lower extremity	Fibula	Post. tibial a.	Post. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous		Successful
13	30	F	Open fracture	Lower extremity	Latissimus dorsi	Popliteal a.		Interarterial		Successful
14	52	M	Osteomyelitis	Lower extremity	Fibula	Post. tibial a.	Post. tibial v.	Interarterial and intervenous	Congestion	Reexploration	Survival
15	84	M	Hypopharyngeal ca.	Neck	Jejunum	Lingual a.		Interarterial		Successful

ALT: anterolateral thigh.