Executive Summary: Fostering Collaborative Teamwork—A Comprehensive Approach to Vascular Graft Infection Following Arterial Reconstructive Surgery

Vascular graft infection (VGI) is one of the most serious complications following arterial reconstructive surgery. VGI has received increasing attention over the past decade, but many questions remain regarding its diagnosis and management. In this review, we describe our approach to VGI through mul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical infectious diseases 2024-04
Hauptverfasser: Tabaja, Hussam, Chesdachai, Supavit, Shah, Aditya S, Stevens, Ryan W, DeMartino, Randall R, Erben, Young M, Wilson, Walter R, Baddour, Larry M, DeSimone, Daniel C
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Vascular graft infection (VGI) is one of the most serious complications following arterial reconstructive surgery. VGI has received increasing attention over the past decade, but many questions remain regarding its diagnosis and management. In this review, we describe our approach to VGI through multidisciplinary collaboration and discuss decision-making for challenging presentations. This document will concentrate on VGI that impacts both aneurysms and pseudoaneurysms excluding the ascending thoracic aorta.
ISSN:1058-4838
1537-6591
DOI:10.1093/cid/ciae153