title: [Prosthetic infection in vascular surgery].
abstract: Infection is one of the most serious complications that can occur in a patient who had an arterial surgical procedure with implantation of synthetic prosthetic grafts. The incidence of this complication is higher when the prostheses are placed in superficial area than when inserted deeply. Generally the first manifestation of infection is the appearance of pseudoaneurysm at the site of the anastomosis. In our experience the overall of incidence is of 4.2%. In this report we analyzed the clinical manifestations, the diagnosis and the types of surgical approaches followed by us.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Chirurgia Generale e Cardiovascolare, Università di Milano.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Giordanengo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cugnasca
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Giorgetti
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Miani
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans
vernacular_title: La infezione protesica in chirurgia vascolare.