title: [Aortic root replacement using cryopreserved allograft for an infected aorta patient associated with mediastinitis].
abstract: We herein report a case of aortic root replacement using cryopreserved allograft. A 52-year-old man received aortic valve replacement using a mechanical prosthesis for aortic stenosis. He was complicated by postoperative methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus mediastinitis involving the ascending aorta. Surgical therapy including debridement, omental transposition, patch closure using pericardium had not achieved satisfied result. Aortic root replacement using cryopreserved allograft was mandatory for refractory aortic infection. He had an uneventful postoperative course. The cryopreserved allograft was effective for a patient with refractory aortic root infection due to postoperative mediastinitis.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, University of Kagoshima, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sakata
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iguro
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yotsumoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ueno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Suehiro
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery*; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D001025:Aortitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D015925:Cryopreservation; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome