title: Prevention of enteric erosion by vascular prostheses.
abstract: Aortoenteric fistula is an uncommon but disastrous complication of aortic reconstruction with a prosthetic graft. Prevention of enteric erosion when using a vascular prosthesis must be a foremost consideration. For these occasions, greater omentum may be used to cover the graft. However, when use of the greater omentum is not possible, the interposition of a prosthetic patch is a means of preventing duodenal erosion. We review the usual procedures for reperitonealization and report on an original method of using a prosthetic patch to prevent erosion.
authors.affiliation: Chair of Vascular Surgery, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Deriu
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ballotta