Disruption of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) graft of axillofemoral by-pass.
The rupture of the artificial vascular graft is a rare complication. The disruption of the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (EPTFE) graft has never been reported. The present report describes a patient who suffered the disruption of an EPTFE graft five years after a right axillofemoral by-pass.
Onoe
M
M
Second Department of Surgery and Emergency Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ohtsu, Japan.
Watarida
S
S
Sugita
T
T
Shiraishi
S
S
Nojima
T
T
Nakajiama
Y
Y
Jun
A
A
Tabata
R
R
Matsuno
S
S
Mori
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011475:Prosthesis Failure
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene