The Italians did it again.

The story is that a patient in poor condition approached Dr. Spagnolo from Monza, Italy because had already 3 angioplasty with poor success. He convinced the doctor to do a venogram which showed a totally blocked IJV.

At that point the doctor told the patient that there was nothing he could do.

The patient which was relegated to a wheelchair told the doctor he was considering terminating his life because he could not continue like that.

This forced the doctor to attempt a surgical procedure. He took the saffenous vein from the leg and double its size and use that to replace the defective Jugular vein. One week later the patient was able to leave the hospital, this time on his own two feet instead af a wheelchair.

These are the 3 video describing the procedure. you can see the patient at the beginning of the second video but it is in Italian.

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