title: Wound infection following carotid endarterectomy.
abstract: Wound infection after elective carotid thrombendarterectomy is extremely uncommon. A review of the literature fails to document a previous case report. A potentially common mechanism for postoperative wound infection in vascular surgical procedures in which prosthetic conduits are not utilized is discussed and emphasized by the presentation of a case report.
mesh_terms: D002339:Carotid Arteries / Q000601:surgery*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology