Open AccessTuberculous osteomyelitis of tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass: a case report
Author(s) -
Sumit Arora,
Jatin Talwar,
Vikramadittya Singh,
Vikas Gupta
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery/indian journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.114
H-Index - 9
eISSN - 0973-7723
pISSN - 0970-9134
DOI - 10.1007/s12055-020-01009-9
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , bypass grafting , artery , cardiac surgery , vein , saphenous vein graft , vascular surgery , osteomyelitis , cardiothoracic surgery , great saphenous vein , complication
Tuberculosis in the tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting has not been reported, to the best of authors' knowledge. We report the first such clinical case in view of its clinical rarity and as a complication of the simple procedure like saphenous vein graft harvest.