The discipline of vascular surgery at the close of the millennium, the American Board of Surgery Sub-board for Vascular Surgery, and the wisdom of evolving a conjoint board of vascular surgery: One su
Besides quality, the length of the greater saphenous vein dictates the feasibility of vein bypass grafts in femorodistal popliteal or tibial revascularization. A simple and effective technique of lengthening the greater saphenous vein is described that allows the use of the laterofemoral cutaneous vein in continuity. This technique can be applied when the distal segment of the greater saphenous vein is inadequate or unavailable.