Stent-graft deployment to treat a perigraft seroma formed after descending thoracic aortic surgery.
OBJECTIVE
To report a case of stent-graft implantation for a perigraft seroma that formed after descending thoracic aortic surgery.


METHODS
A 70-year-old woman presented with a perigraft seroma after a descending thoracic aortic surgery 10 years ago in which a polytetrafluoroethylene graft was used. Chest radiography and computed tomography confirmed the presence of a large perigraft seroma. The previous graft was covered with a stent-graft to decrease graft porosity. At 1 year, postoperative examinations revealed a decrease in the size of the perigraft seroma.


CONCLUSIONS
Stent-graft implantation could prove useful in cases of perigraft seromas where additional conventional surgery may pose difficulties.
Ohtake
Hiroshi
H
Department of General & Cardiothoracic Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan. ohtake@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Kimura
Keiichi
K
Soga
Singo
S
Sanada
Junichirou
J
Matsui
Osamu
O
Watanabe
Go
G
D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D049291:Seroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene