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Case reports

Superior vena cava reconstruction using bovine jugular vein conduit

Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, 410011 Hunan, People's Republic of China

Received 24 April 2007; received in revised form 5 July 2007; accepted 9 July 2007.

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The glutaraldehyde-treated bovine jugular vein conduit (BJVC) is a xenograft conduit initially used for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and has never been used for reconstruction of superior vena cava (SVC). In September 2003, a patient with SVC obstruction underwent SVC reconstruction using BJVC. He has been alive for 42 months and free from signs and symptoms of SVC obstruction except that metastasis was found in the vertebrae. The radionuclide venography showed the graft tube was patent and only slight stenosis was found in the proximal anastomosis. The initial result supports BJVC as an acceptable alternative for SVC reconstruction.

Key Words: Superior vena cava obstruction • Bovine jugular vein • Reconstruction • Invasive thymoma