title: Rupture of Dacron aorto-femoral graft. Case report.
abstract: A 74-year-old patient was admitted to our department in a serious general condition due to massive bleeding. He had been treated 10 years previously in another hospital with an aorto-bifemoral bypass for obstructive disease using a knitted-Dacron graft. A large pulsating mass was present in the right iliac fossa as well as enormous pulsating enlargement of the scrotum. Echo color-Doppler investigation detected dilation up to 5 cm in diameter of the right branch of the graft and a large perigraft hematoma communicating with a similar mass in the scrotum. The patient was submitted to emergency surgery and a large rupture of the graft was found. The dilated segment was resected and replaced by a new 8 mm Dacron graft. Postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Medicine and Pathology, Policlinico Umberto I, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Irace
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stumpo
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trenti
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bernucci
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Benedetti-Valentini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006406:Hematoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000601:surgery*; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply*; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012611:Scrotum; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates