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Shunts and security—the polytetrafluoroethylene leak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Roxane McKay
Roxane McKay
Affiliation:
Department of SurgeryUniversity of SaskatchewanRoyal University HospitalSaskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W8Canada
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Plasma leakage in polytetrafluoroethylene grafts arises through complex interactions between the prosthetic physical/chemical microstructure and patient environment. While many of the precipitating factors can be avoided by careful graft-handling and meticulous surgical technique, this unpredictable complication still contributes significant morbidity to shunt procedures. Protein sealing of the graft offers a possible solution to the problem.

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Editorial
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 6 - 8
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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