Stent Graft Expulsion Outside the Skin: A Rare Case

Adv Skin Wound Care. 2020 May;33(5):1-3. doi: 10.1097/01.ASW.0000658600.54384.0b.

Abstract

Patients who undergo stent grafting may present to the ED some time after the procedure with various related symptoms. The most common of these are stent graft occlusions or hematoma, although infection or abscess also may develop. In this case report, a 58-year-old man presented to the ED with a purulent wound on the stump of an amputated leg and a foreign body protruding from the wound site. The patient had a history of stent insertion with femoropopliteal bypass 11 years before this incident and an above-the-knee amputation because of stent occlusion 8 years prior. This wound had appeared with reddening of the skin 1 month before presentation, followed by the emergence and protrusion of a foreign body.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Amputation Stumps*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis / adverse effects*
  • Femoral Artery
  • Foreign-Body Migration / diagnosis*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / etiology*
  • Foreign-Body Migration / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Peripheral Arterial Disease / surgery*
  • Popliteal Artery
  • Stents / adverse effects*