title: [Complications of vascular prosthesis].
abstract: The main complications deriving from the use of vascular prostheses in the surgical reconstruction of the arteries are thrombosis, infection and the appearance of pseudoaneurysms. Among 233 aorto-femoral b.p., prosthetic thrombosis occurred in 45 patients creating the need for 66 reoperations, 19 early and 47 tardive. In 387 aorto-iliac reconstructions, infection arose early in 11 cases, tardively in 6. Out of 1118 vascular reconstructions there were also 28 pseudoaneurysms (2.5%). After remarks on the aetiopathogenesis of such complications, methods that can be used to prevent them are discussed and personal results of treatment are presented.
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors
vernacular_title: Complicanze delle protesi vascolari.