Arteriosclerosis, is mostly affect coronary and carotid arteriesespecially the ostium and bifurcation due to the natureof the flow. Arterial bifurcation lesions cause dilemmafor the treating physician during both surgical and invasiveprocedures because they require a higher clinical experienceand longer processing time. In carotid artery surgery,it is accepted that patchplasty prevents perioperativeand postoperative restenosis, and as a result of this, itreduces the incidence of ipsilateral stroke. In the presenttime synthetic patch materials (PTFE, Dacron) and autologouspatch materials (saphenous and jugular veins) areused. We report a case of carotid endarterectomy and ‘Y’shaped saphenous patchplasty to the carotid bifurcation.According to our research in the literature, we didn’t findany case with ‘Y’ shaped saphenous vein patch. Therewas only one Y shaped carotid patchplasty case by usingPTFE material. Our original technic is advantageous interms of easy preparation and application as well as itssuccessful outcome.Key words: Carotid artery diseases, saphenous vein,patchplast
