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Angiology
Researchers from University of Salamanca publish findings in angiology
January 6th, 2009
According to a study from Salamanca, Spain, "When neck cancer affects the carotid artery, the best therapeutic option is to remove the tumor en bloc, including the affected vessels. When the carotid artery is revascularized, the usual practice according to the literature is to replace the defective carotid artery with an autologous graft from the saphenous vein, although it is also possible to use an autologous superficial femoral artery (SFA)." "The use of the SFA in oncologic surgery does not seem to be widespread; in fact, we only found 7 references (67 cases). Here we report three cases in which the SFA was employed and offer a review of the literature. The SFA has...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-01-06)
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