title: Redo total aortic arch replacement using an extended homograft for graft infection.
abstract: A 65-year-old man developed graft infection 3 years after total aortic arch replacement for a chronic dissecting aneurysm. Redo total aortic arch replacement was performed using an extended homograft following 2 days of open drainage of the mediastinum. The patient has been free from a recurrent mediastinitis over the last 3 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan. ssshin@mail.tains.tohoku.ac.jp
authors.forename: Shinichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sato
authors.forename: Yoshikatsu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Saiki
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nitta
authors.forename: Katsuhiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Oda
authors.forename: Goro
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000637:transplantation*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous