Postoperative subphrenic abscess after heart-valve replacement.
A 35 year-old male patient developed a subphrenic abscess in the immediate postoperative period after replacement of a calcified mitral bovine pericardium bioprosthesis. He was successfully treated with abdominal percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy.
Mansur
A J
AJ
Heart Institute, São Paulo University Medical School, Brazil.
Markus
M R
MR
Neto
J G
JG
Grinberg
M
M
Pomerantzeff
P M
PM
Bellotti
G
G
D000328:Adult; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D003964:Diaphragm / Q000293:injuries; D004322:Drainage / Q000009:adverse effects; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000209:etiology*