Diagnostic Options in Assessing Abdominal Aortic Endograft Infection: A Case Report

Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Stent grafts have emerged as another option in the surgeon's armamentarium in the treatment of aneurysmal disease. The infectivity of endovascular grafts and therapy for associated graft infections is u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Vascular and endovascular surgery 2003-09, Vol.37 (5), p.359-362
Hauptverfasser:	Pringle, Timothy, Muck, Patrick, Lohr, Joann, Thompson, Wendy, Kasper, Gregory C., Welling, Richard E.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Anti-Bacterial Agents Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - diagnosis Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal - surgery Aortic aneurysms Bacterial infections Biological and medical sciences Blood and lymphatic vessels Blood Vessel Prosthesis - adverse effects Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - adverse effects Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation - methods Cardiology. Vascular system Care and treatment Combined Modality Therapy Complications Debridement - methods Diseases of the aorta Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use Evaluation Female Follow-Up Studies Humans Medical sciences Postoperative Complications - diagnosis Postoperative Complications - therapy Postoperative Period Prosthesis-Related Infections - diagnosis Prosthesis-Related Infections - therapy Radionuclide Imaging - methods Reoperation - methods Risk Assessment Staphylococcal Infections - diagnosis Staphylococcal Infections - therapy Stent (Surgery) Surgery Surgery (general aspects). Transplantations, organ and tissue grafts. Graft diseases Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods Treatment Outcome Vascular surgery: aorta, extremities, vena cava. Surgery of the lymphatic vessels
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Zusammenfassung:	Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms has gained widespread popularity in recent years. Stent grafts have emerged as another option in the surgeon's armamentarium in the treatment of aneurysmal disease. The infectivity of endovascular grafts and therapy for associated graft infections is unknown. Aortic graft infections have the potential for disastrous complications. This report presents a 72-year-old woman with persistent fever and an infected aortic stent graft in the early postoperative period.
ISSN:	1538-5744 1938-9116
DOI:	10.1177/153857440303700508