title: Infections and anastomotic false aneurysms in reconstructive vascular surgery.
abstract: The authors report their experiences in two kinds of late complications of direct reconstructive surgery: infections and anastomotic false aneurysms. Such complications occurred after operations calling for the use of alloplastic prostheses, with an incidence of 2.8% out of all other operations in which prosthesic grafts have been used. All the patients have undergone second surgery with good results in 16 cases out of 19 (84.3%), 1 patient underwent amputation (5.2%) and 2 patients, suffering for infected false aneurysms of the aorta, died (10.5%).
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000601:surgery