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http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/jcs.21.120

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)

Publication Information

Journal of Chest Surgery / v.55, no.2, 2022 , pp. 171-173 More about this Journal

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.

Keywords

Polytetrafluoroethylene; Foreign-body migration; Surgical wound infection; Intestinal perforation; Case report;

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