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A simple method of treating seromas involving modified Blalock-Taussig shunts
Lik C Cheng1, Clement S W Chiu
1Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong, Grantham Hospital, Hong Kong. lccheng@graduate.hku.hk
Cardiology in the Young
|December 26, 2003
Abstract:
We treated seromas developing in two patients in relation to left-sided modified Blalock-Taussig shunts by reattaching the original graft to the descending aorta. We postulate that seromas may develop because of the large area of contact between the graft and blood. Shortening the length of the Gore-Tex graft may therefore be a feasible treatment.