Symptomatic seroma after open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
Seroma following open abdominal aortic aneurysm repair has rarely been described. The majority of cases in the literature have been associated with use of polytetrafluoroethylene grafts. Here, we present a patient with a very large, symptomatic periaortic graft seroma 10 years after conventional (open) repair. The etiology of such seromas is of significant interest in endovascular aortic repair.
Lucas
Leonardo Aquiar
LA
Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Arizona Heart Institute, Phoenix, AZ.
Rodriguez
Julio A
JA
Olsen
Dawn M
DM
Diethrich
Edward B
EB
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D020878:Device Removal; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D049291:Seroma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene