Successful treatment of an infected vascular graft with gentamicin beads.
This short report describes the successful healing of an infected axillo-bifemoral graft by the insertion of Gentamicin beads, this technique cannot be recommended for all infected grafts the majority of which will have to be removed and replaced.
Bailey
I S
IS
Department of Surgery, University of Leicester, U.K.
Bundred
N J
NJ
Pearson
H J
HJ
Bell
P R
PR
D000368:Aged; D001366:Axillary Artery / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D005839:Gentamicins / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008768:Methylmethacrylates / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000188:drug therapy*
D005839:Gentamicins; D008768:Methylmethacrylates; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; C030159:gentamicin-polymethylmethacrylate bead