Late occlusion of a polytetrafluoroethylene femoropopliteal graft due to implant calcification and heterotopic ossification.
A case of late occlusion due to thrombosis in a femoropopliteal polytetrafluoroethylene implant, following 9 years of good function with a 2-month period of impaired flexion of the knee due to heterotopic bone formation around the graft, is presented. The present case is an example of local calcification within the graft and a rare example of heterotopic ossification around the implant.
Janssens de Varebeke
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Department of General and Thoracovascular Surgery, A.Z. Maria Middelares, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium.
Van Osselaer
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D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D002114:Calcinosis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D012086:Reoperation
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene