Rapid Progressive Graft Calcification After Aortobiiliac Bypass

Abstract

Introduction

We report an extremely rare case of rapid progressive calcification in the vascular prosthesis after aortobiiliac bypass surgery.

Report

A 56-year-old man presented to our institution with bilateral intermittent claudication. We performed aortobiiliac bypass with a gelatin-coated woven bifurcated graft. One and a half years later, the patient complained of recurrence of intermittent claudication, and abdominal computed tomography scan showed a localized severely calcified stenosis in the right leg of the vascular prosthesis.

Discussion

Few reports have been published on when, where, and how graft occlusion occurs. Physicians and surgeons should be aware of the possibility of such a condition after bypass procedures.