title: Percutaneous deployment of a polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) graft to repair a pseudoaneurysm produced by a graft to graft anastomotic dehiscence.
abstract: Arterial injuries, creating a pseudonauerysm or arteriovenous fistula have, in the main, been managed through surgical ligation of the involved segments, arterial reconstruction, embolization of the involved artery, and percutaneous placement of a stented graft [Marin ML, et al: J Vasc Surg 18:299-302, 1993]. This communication describes the percutaneous repair of a large popliteal pseudoaneurysm, created by dehiscence of the anastomotic suture line of a composite polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) femoropopliteal and a popliteal-posterior tibial graft using a PTFE graft without stent assistance.
authors.affiliation: Milwaukee Heart and Vascular Clinic, WI.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dorros
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bates
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000009:adverse effects; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000379:methods*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D012086:Reoperation; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene