Pleural flap for treating perigraft leak after a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Plasa oozing through the graft after a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt is a troublesome complication. We encountered a massive leak following a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt in a 2 1/2 year-old-girl which required reexploration. The leak was treated by wrapping the polytetrafluoroethylene shunt with the parietal pleura flap harvested from the adjacent chest wall. The patient had an uneventful recovery. Covering of the polytetrafluoroethylene shunt with parietal pleura appears to stop plasma leak through the graft following a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt.
Ugurlu
Baran Sevket
BS
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey. ugurlub@yahoo.com
Sariosmanoglu
Osman Nejat
ON
Metin
Sadik Kivanc
SK
Hazan
Eyup
E
Oto
Oztekin
O
D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000601:surgery; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene