| Literature DB >> 20347352 |
A Kuehnl1, A Zimmermann, J Pongratz, H-H Eckstein.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Secondary arteriovenous (AV) fistulae following appendectomy are very rare. REPORT: 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. DISCUSSION: Open fistula repair should be recommended to healthy and/or young patients, especially when they are not fully-grown. Endovascular treatment should be the therapy of choice in high-risk patients or patients with local contraindications against open surgery. Copyright 2010 European Society for Vascular Surgery. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID： 20347352 DOI： 10.1016/j.ejvs.2010.02.013
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Vasc Endovasc Surg ISSN： 1078-5884 Impact factor: 7.069