Symptomatic venous thromboembolism after femoral vein harvest Ravi V. Dhanisetty, MD, Timothy K. Liem, MD, Gregory J. Landry, MD, Brett C. Sheppard, MD, Erica L. Mitchell, MD, Gregory L. Moneta, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 56, Issue 3, Pages 696-702 (September 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2012.02.029 Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Incidence of any venous thromboembolism (VTE) and the location of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) with respect to the harvested femoral vein segment in patients with and without cancer. The difference in the incidence of VTE was statistically significant between the two groups, P = .001. There were no DVTs proximal to femoral vein harvest site in patients without cancer. FVH, Femoral vein harvest. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 56, 696-702DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2012.02.029) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Day of diagnosis of postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE). Day zero is the day of femoral vein harvest (FVH) and the index procedure. Most cases of symptomatic VTE (59%) were diagnosed within the first week after the procedure. DVT, Deep vein thrombosis. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2012 56, 696-702DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2012.02.029) Copyright © 2012 Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions