Perigraft seroma: Long-term complications

Proteinuria- Long Term Complications

Patients with diabetes or hypertension with microalbuminuria (MA)/ proteinuria are prone to CV risk and progressive renal damage. This risk increases progressively with increasing levels of proteinuria. MA generally increases the relative risk of CV mortality by 1.3 and macroproteinuria by 2.4. 10-20% of hypertensive, 30-40% of diabetics and 5-7% of healthy population has MA. The CV risk exists...

Mediastinal Perigraft Seroma after Repair of Type A Dissection with a Polyester Graft

Perigraft seromas are uncommon after surgical repair of the thoracic aorta with woven polyester grafts. A 50-year-old woman required redo sternotomy for the treatment of a perigraft seroma 6 months after total arch replacement for acute type A dissection. After removal of a jelly-like mass, a prosthetic graft was covered with fibrin glue, and the bilateral pleurae beside the graft were opened w...

Endoluminal stent-graft relining of visceral artery bypass grafts to treat perigraft seroma.

PURPOSE To describe the endovascular treatment of intra-abdominal perigraft seromas associated with small-caliber expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) grafts. CASE REPORTS Two patients who underwent hybrid repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in which renovisceral bypass grafts were implanted presented with large, symptomatic perigraft seromas. The 5- to 8-mm-diameter ePTFE bypass ...

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...

Long-term complications of diabetes mellitus.