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Young girl presenting with heart failure 5 years after laparoscopic appendectomy. Case report of an ilio-iliac AV fistula.

Document type:
journal article
Author(s):
Kuehnl, A; Zimmermann, A; Pongratz, J; Eckstein, HH
Abstract:
Secondary arteriovenous (AV) fistulae following appendectomy are very rare.We report the case of a 15-year-old girl suffering from progressive heart failure and sub-acute abdominal pain caused by an ilio-iliac AV fistula 5 years after a complicated appendectomy. The vessel-wall defects were closed by open surgery and the aneurysmatic iliac vein was gathered.Open fistula repair should be recommended to healthy and/or young patients, especially when they are not fully-grown. Endovascular treatment...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg
Year:
2010
Journal volume:
40
Journal issue:
1
Pages contribution:
107-9
Language:
eng
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20347352
Print-ISSN:
1078-5884
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Gefäßchirurgie
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