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Postoperative subphrenic abscess after heart-valve replacement
A J Mansur1, M R Markus, J G Neto
1Heart Institute, São Paulo University Medical School, Brazil.
The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon
|October 1, 1989
Abstract:
A 35 year-old male patient developed a subphrenic abscess in the immediate postoperative period after replacement of a calcified mitral bovine pericardium bioprosthesis. He was successfully treated with abdominal percutaneous drainage and antimicrobial therapy.