Journal of Chest Surgery

The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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A Complication of Diaphragm Repair Using a Gore-Tex (Expanded Polytetrafluorethylene) Membrane: A Case Report

  • Lee, Seungwook (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hong, Sung Yeon (Division of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Liver Transplantation, Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Son, Jung A (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Hyun, Seungji (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine) ;
  • Haam, Seokjin (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine)
  • Received : 2021.09.30
  • Accepted : 2021.11.16
  • Published : 2022.04.05
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Abstract

A 65-year-old man underwent right trisectionectomy of the liver and reconstruction of the chest wall and diaphragm with a 2-mm Gore-Tex membrane due to recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma. After 3 years, the Gore-Tex membrane in the diaphragm migrated to the abdominal cavity and perforated the colon. We report a rare complication of a Gore-Tex membrane after diaphragm repair.

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