| Surgical Treatment
of Acute Occlusion of Persistent Sciatic Artery |
(Cardiovascular Surgery, Kobe Rosai Hospital, Kobe,
Japan and Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hyogo Brain and
Heart Center at Himeji, Himeji, Japan)
| Hiroya Minami |
Noboru Wakita |
Yujirou Kawanishi |
| Ikuro Kitano |
Tsutomu Shida |
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Persistent sciatic artery is an
embryonic blood vessel that continues to feed the lower extremity
after fulfilling an important role in lower limb development
during early gestation. It is so rare that only 20 cases have
been reported in Japan. This paper describes a case of acute
occlusion of a persistent sciatic artey. A 78-year-old woman
was admitted to hospital because of sudden onset of severe pain
in her left leg. Angiography showed bilateral persistant sciatic
arteries (complete type) with occlusion of the left artery and
a small aneurysm on the right side. Left femoro-popliteal bypass
was performed and postoperative angiography showed that the graft
was patent.
@Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 29: 183-186 (2000) |
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