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Remodeled great saphenous vein grafts were used to reconstruct both jugular and portal veins. The great saphenous vein was split longitudinally and sutured side-to-side to construct a vessel twice the diameter and one half the length of the original vessel. This graft was used with good results for reconstruction of the jugular veins in a patient after a bilateral neck dissection for tongue cancer and for a portal vein in a patient after resection for cancer in the head of the pancreas.
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Urayama, H., Katada, S., Matsumoto, I. et al. Reconstruction of jugular and portal blood flows using remodeled great saphenous vein grafts. Surg Today 23, 936–938 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311377
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00311377