title: [Diagnosis and surgical treatment of infectious abdominal aortic aneurysm].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the diagnosis and surgical treatment of infectious abdominal aortic aneurysm (IAAA).
  
  
  METHODS
  All 3 IAAA patients at our department in 2010 underwent the combined procedures of axillary-bilateral femoral arterial bypass and IAAA resection. Their clinical data were collected and analyzed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was no intraoperative death or complication. On average, the operative duration was 5 hours and the estimated blood loss 1500 ml. All patients received a 2-week post-operative regimen of antibiotics. And they recovered with healed incision in the first intention. No fever, abdominal symptom or intermittent claudication occurred during a 4-month follow-up period.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Axillary-bilateral femoral arterial bypass plus IAAA resection is an effective surgical procedure for resecting IAAA, assuring arterial blood supply to lower limbs and preventing post-operative graft infections. The short-term therapeutic efficacy is satisfactory, but its long-term efficacy requires further follow-ups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Shandong University, Jinan, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Shi-yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Xing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Xue-jun
authors.initials: XJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Zhen-yue
authors.initials: ZY
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures