Synchronous aortic and gastrointestinal surgery.
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.
Brown
T H
TH
Department of General Surgery, Royal Lancaster Infirmary, UK.
Kelly
J F
JF
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