TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical spectrum of patients with infrarenal aortic grafts and gastrointestinal bleeding
AU - Yeager, Richard A.
AU - Sasaki, Truman M.
AU - McConnell, Donald B.
AU - Vetto, R. Mark
PY - 1987/5
Y1 - 1987/5
N2 - Nineteen patients with a prosthetic infrarenal aortic graft and gastrointestinal bleeding were managed over a 7 year period. Graft-to-enteric fistula, identified in five patients, was the most common cause of bleeding. Other causes included bowel ischemia (four patients) and peptic ulcer disease (three patients). Clinical signs of infection, such as fever and leukocytosis, were common in patients with graft-to-enteric fistula and bowel ischemia. Most of these patients will benefit from a prompt evaluation and expedient operation.
AB - Nineteen patients with a prosthetic infrarenal aortic graft and gastrointestinal bleeding were managed over a 7 year period. Graft-to-enteric fistula, identified in five patients, was the most common cause of bleeding. Other causes included bowel ischemia (four patients) and peptic ulcer disease (three patients). Clinical signs of infection, such as fever and leukocytosis, were common in patients with graft-to-enteric fistula and bowel ischemia. Most of these patients will benefit from a prompt evaluation and expedient operation.
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U2 - 10.1016/0002-9610(87)90793-8
DO - 10.1016/0002-9610(87)90793-8
M3 - Article
C2 - 3495191
AN - SCOPUS:0023278547
SN - 0002-9610
VL - 153
SP - 459
EP - 461
JO - The American Journal of Surgery
JF - The American Journal of Surgery
IS - 5
ER -