title: Endovascular management of ruptured infected popliteal artery aneurysm.
abstract: Infected popliteal aneurysm is a rare high-risk condition that can present as an emergency with acute rupture and sepsis. Management of acute ischemia in the presence of local and systemic sepsis is challenging. Open surgery is not always possible and carries a high risk of morbidity and death. An endovascular approach has been advocated in infected aneurysms elsewhere in the body, with good short-term and medium-term outcomes encouraging such approach in the popliteal artery. We report a case of successful endovascular treatment of an infected ruptured popliteal aneurysm with favorable outcome after 2-year follow-up and a related review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Basingstoke and North Hampshire National Health Service, Basingstoke, UK.
authors.forename: Mohamed G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Bani-Hani
authors.forename: Lamiaa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Elnahas
authors.forename: Graham R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Plant
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Magdy
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moawad
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D015901:Angiography, Digital Subtraction; D017130:Angioplasty; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015607:Stents; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents