OBJECTIVES: To compare the long-term venous function of ligated, simple, and complex repairs and to assess long-term patency in repaired veins. DESIGN: A cohort study of @entity1 with @entity1317 treated during a 7-year period. SETTING: A level I urban @entity130 center. @entity1 : Twenty-one of the 79 @entity1 with a history of lower-extremity @entity1317 identified via the @entity130 registry consented to outpatient evaluation. INTERVENTION: Participating @entity1 underwent a through vascular examination that included color flow duplex venous imaging and air plethysmographic assessment. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The patency of venous repairs, the incidence of chronic @entity1150 , and evidence of @entity4096 . RESULTS: The @entity1317 included 5 iliac, 10 femoral, and 6 popliteal. Six of these @entity130 were ligated, 11 @entity130 were simply repaired (lateral venorrhaphy or end-to-end), and 4 were repaired with complex interposition grafts. All repairs were patent, with no evidence of @entity1150 by color flow duplex venous imaging. Seventeen of the 21 @entity1 had symptoms, color flow duplex venous imaging findings, and air plethysmographic data consistent with @entity4096 , including significant mean differences (P < .03) in outflow fraction, outflow fraction with compression, @entity1211 index, and residual volume fraction, when compared with the uninjured extremity. The most profound changes followed complex repairs and perioperative fasciotomies. CONCLUSIONS: While the long-term patency of venous repairs is excellent, most @entity1 demonstrate evidence of @entity4096 after either ligation or repair. Complex venous repairs and fasciotomy are associated with the most severe functional changes.

Long-term results of XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'PATIENTS'] @entity1150 :: ('MESH:D020246', 'Disease') :: ['deep venous thrombosis'] @entity4096 :: ('MESH:D014689', 'Disease') :: ['chronic venous insufficiency'] @entity1317 :: ('MESH:D057772', 'Disease') :: ['lower-extremity venous injuries', 'venous injuries', 'venous injury'] @entity1211 :: ('MESH:D054556', 'Disease') :: ['venous filling'] @entity130 :: ('MESH:D014947', 'Disease') :: ['injuries', 'trauma']
@entity1317 :: (MESH:D057772,Disease) :: ['lower-extremity venous injuries']
