title: Pseudoaneurysm in the Left Groin due to Ruptured Knitted Dacron Graft.
abstract: An 82-year-old man was admitted to our institution with a painful pulsating mass in the left groin. He had undergone bypass surgery with a bifurcated Cooley double velour knitted Dacron graft to treat aorto-iliac occlusive disease 21 years previously. Computed tomography demonstrated a 35-mm pseudoaneurysm near the distal anastomosis site of the graft. Opening the aneurysm revealed that the graft was disrupted along the guideline. We resected the aneurysm and interposed an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) graft. Vascular surgeons should consider that grafts can fail in patients with long-term prosthetic grafts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ehime University Hospital, To-on, Ehime, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ryugo
authors.forename: Takumi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasugi
authors.forename: Mitsugi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagashima
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Izutani
authors.forename: Toru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Okamura
authors.forename: Fumiaki
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Shikata
authors.forename: Masashi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Kanji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawachi
keywords: degradation; endovascular aortic repair; polyester vascular prostheses
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