Equine veterinary journal
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Equine veterinary journal · May 1998
Case ReportsReconstruction of the jugular vein in horses with post thrombophlebitis stenosis using saphenous vein graft.
A surgical technique is described in which a saphenous vein graft is used to reconstruct the jugular vein in horses with facial oedema due to post thrombophlebitic stenosis of the jugular vein. The saphenous vein was harvested from the contralateral limb and implanted in the occluded vein by 2 side-to-end anastomoses. ⋯ In 2 out of 3 patients the reconstruction resulted in a permanent patent graft and resolution of the facial oedema. In one patient the graft thrombosed.