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UMass Chan Affiliations
Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular and Endovascular SurgeryDocument Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2018-12-04Keywords
prosthetic graft infectionBacterial Infections and Mycoses
Surgery
Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Prosthetic graft infection is a rare and serious complication of thoracic endovascular aortic repair associated with high mortality and posing unique challenges for treatment. The prosthetic graft infection is often identified late as patients present with mild nonspecific symptoms. We describe the successful medical management and surgical explantation of an infected thoracic endograft with an aorta-bronchial fistula, using an inline reconstruction with an antibiotic-soaked synthetic graft. In this report, we provide an example of a patient with an infected thoracic endograft and how inline reconstruction combined with appropriate medical management is an acceptable treatment strategy.Source
J Vasc Surg Cases Innov Tech. 2018 Dec 4;4(4):307-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.02.010. eCollection 2018 Dec. Link to article on publisher's site
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10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.02.010Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/40905PubMed ID
30547153Related Resources
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Copyright © 2018 The Authors. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).Distribution License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.jvscit.2018.02.010
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