Table 2.

Long-term venous complications following superficial femoral vein harvest

Author	Year	n	Follow-up period	Edema	Measure	Severe venous complications Ulceration
Schulman et al. [1]	1987	65	–	Circumference increase of 0.5–1 cm compared with GSV group	n. s.	None
Coburn et al.[4]	1993	7	–	7	Compression stocking	2 (1 venous bypass, 1 amputation)
Sladen et al. [26]	1994	25	24 months	20 % (4 patients)	Lower leg compression stocking	1 patient with painful edema at 12 months no ulceration
Nevelsteen et al. [16]	1995	15	17 months	1/13	Compression stocking	None
Clagett et al. [10]	1997	41	32 months	10 % (4 patients)	Compression stocking	None
Wells et al. [49]	1999	86 legs	37 months	31 %	13 % compression stocking	None
Modrall et al.[61]	2007	27 legs	70 months	14.8 %	n. s.	1 resolved ulcer
Dorweiler et al.[12]	2014	84 legs	24 months	21 %	4 patients with compression stockings	None

GSV great saphenous vein, n.s. not significant