A method of treating serous fluid leak from a polytetrafluoroethylene Blalock-Taussig shunt
Maitland, A.; Williams, W.G.; Coles, J.G.; Freedom, R.M.; Trusler, G.A.
Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 90(5): 791-793
1985
ISSN/ISBN: 0022-5223 PMID: 3877217 Document Number: 255153
A 3 1/2-year-old girl with complex cyanotic congenital heart disease underwent palliation with a modified Blalock-Taussig shunt, for which a 6 mm polytetrafluoroethylene graft was used. Seroma formation with serous leakage occurred. Two periods of conservative management failed. At reoperation, treatment of the graft with intraluminal "fibrin glue" resulted in immediate resolution of the leak.