title: Cryopreserved aortic allograft for the treatment of a thoracic stent graft infection.
abstract: Arterial prosthetic graft infection is one of the most challenging issues in vascular surgery. We report a case of an infected descending thoracic aorta endograft, presenting itself several years after placement, with hemoptysis and back pain as referred symptoms. The patient was successfully treated by removing the thoracic aorta and replacing the infected endografts with a cryopreserved aortic allograft, running from the left subclavian artery to the aortic diaphragmatic hiatus.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. cegarciaf@unav.es
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: García Franco
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Dzieciuchowicz
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Grochowicz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Olavide
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martin-Trenor
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Espinosa
mesh_terms: D001011:Aorta / Q000637:transplantation*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001416:Back Pain / Q000209:etiology; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D015925:Cryopreservation; D020878:Device Removal; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D006469:Hemoptysis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous; D016896:Treatment Outcome