title: Extrusion of Teflon aortic pledgets from a sternal wound six years after cardiac surgery.
abstract: We present a case of a cardiac surgery patient with a persistent low-grade discharge from his sternal wound for over six years. It finally healed when some suture material and Teflon felt pledgets were extruded. These had been used intraoperatively to close the aortic cannulation site. The extrusion of prosthetic material from this site after this length of time has never been described.
authors.affiliation: Oxford Heart Centre, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, UK.
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Conn
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Dunning
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pillai
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology*; D013537:Sutures; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene