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Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 571-577 , March 2008

The effect of vein repair on the risk of venous thromboembolic events: A review of more than 100 traumatic military venous injuries

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Venous Forum, San Diego, Calif, Feb 14-17, 2007.

Reagan W. Quan, MD
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
- Correspondence: Reagan W. Quan, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Vascular Surgery, 6900 Georgia Ave NW, Vascular Surgery Clinic Ward 64, Washington, DC 20307.
David L. Gillespie, MD
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
Rory P. Stuart, BS
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.
Audrey S. Chang, PhD
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Clinical Investigations, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
David R. Whittaker, MD
- Section of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md
Charles J. Fox, MD
- Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, DC
- Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, F. Edward Herbert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Md.

Received 6 May 2007 ,Accepted 18 October 2007.

Great saphenous vein transposition onto the common femoral vein for the treatment of left leg phlegmasia. This patient had a common femoral vein injury from a gunshot wound that was initially ligated.

Great saphenous vein transposition onto the common femoral vein for the treatment of left leg phlegmasia. This patient had a common femoral vein injury from a gunshot wound that was initially ligated.
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