Recurrent graft-enteric fistulae.
A patient with a previously inserted dacron bifurcation graft survived two graft-enteric erosions and a third graft-enteric fistula. In the first case the symptoms looked like graft-enteric infection and in the last two cases the cardinal symptom was gastrointestinal bleeding. The treatment was in each case resection of the affected part of the graft with insertion of a new piece and subsequent antibiotic treatment.
Sørensen
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Department of Vascular Surgery RK, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Lorentzen
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D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery*; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D007579:Jejunal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012008:Recurrence; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery