title: Synchronous aortic and gastrointestinal surgery.
abstract: The synchronous performance of aortic and gastrointestinal surgery may hold an increased risk of aortic graft infection. The experience of one surgeon who performed 32 such synchronous operations over a period of 11 years is reviewed. No graft infection occurred and it is concluded that such combined operations may be safer to perform than staged surgery in elderly patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK.
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013505:Digestive System Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D005767:Gastrointestinal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged