[Use of autologous superficial femoral artery in surgery for aortic prosthesis infection].
The surgical management of the aortic prosthesis infection still remains an enormous challenge for the vascular surgeon and a critical issue for the patient's integrity and life. Several techniques for its management have been devised and employed, along the years, but none of them revealed itself as totally satisfactory. This stimulates the creation of new alternatives. We present the clinical case of an infected aortic prosthesis in a 41 year old man, complicated by duodenal and ureteral erosion, in whom the autologous superficial femoral artery was employed successfully in the treatment of this most demanding situation.
da Gama
A Dinis
AD
Clinica Universitária de Cirurgia Vascular do Hospital de Santa Maria, Lisboa.
Rosa
António
A
Soares
Mário
M
Moura
Carlos
C
D000328:Adult; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*