Autogenous venous reconstruction in the treatment of aortobifemoral prosthetic infection
Nevelsteen, A.; Suy, R.
Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 29(3): 315-317
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-9509 PMID: 2967848 Document Number: 318484
The Authors describe a patient, in whom an infected aortobifemoral Dacron prosthesis was successfully replaced by an autogenous venous graft. A review of the literature is presented and it is concluded that autogenous reconstruction of the infected field represents a feasible alternative to extra-anatomical revascularisation in the treatment of selected patients with vascular prosthetic infection.