HEPARIN AS A RISK FACTOR FOR PERIGRAFT SEROMA COMPLICATING THE MODIFIED BLALOCK-TAUSSIG SHUNT
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Perigraft seroma complicating the modified Blalock-Taussig shunts: two consecutive instances with review of literature.
Systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunts using polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) (modified Blalock-Taussig shunt) are being used successfully in palliation of cyanotic congenital heart diseases. Graft thrombosis is by far the most common complication of the procedure. Persistant serum leakage through PTFE graft causing perigraft seroma is a rare but devastating complication resulting in increased durat...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0022-5223
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5223(98)70129-1