title: [Erysipelas after leg vein harvesting for aortocoronary bypass operation].
abstract: We have seen 4 patients in 1995 who showed erysipelas in the leg used for vein graft harvesting for coronary bypass surgery. None of the patients had experienced erysipelas prior to surgery. One patient had his first attack erysipelas while the others experienced recurrent disease. Venectomy puts these patients at risk for later erysipelas. Therefore careful foot hygiene, eradication for mycotic infections and adequate therapy for initial erysipelas are mandatory in cardiac high risk patients after coronary bypass surgery.
authors.affiliation: Dermatologische und Allergologische Abteilung, Städtisches Krankenhaus München-Schwabing.
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Schoppelrey
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Breit
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D004886:Erysipelas / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg / Q000098:blood supply; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012501:Saphenous Vein / Q000637:transplantation; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000517:prevention & control; D014680:Veins / Q000637:transplantation*
vernacular_title: Erysipele nach Entnahme von Beinvenen für eine aortokoronare Bypassoperation.