Saito Shunsuke, Matsumiya Goro, Ichikawa Hajime, Matsue Hajime, Sekiya Naosumi, Sawa Yoshiki
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
J Heart Lung Transplant. 2007 Jul;26(7):759-62. doi: 10.1016/j.healun.2007.05.003.
One of the complications associated with use of implantable left ventricular assist systems for long-term support is compression or obstruction of abdominal viscera by the implanted device. This report concerns a patient with obstruction of the duodenum caused by an intra-abdominally placed Novacor left ventricular assist system. The compression of the duodenum was relieved by patch enlargement of the rectus sheath, which enabled the patient to return to a solid-food diet.
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