title: Novel surgical reconstruction of a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm using cryopreserved femoral arterial allograft from the NHS tissue bank: a new resource for UK vascular surgeons.
abstract: The treatment of mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysms remains a significant surgical challenge associated with significant morbidity and mortality. In the following case report, we describe our successful management of a patient with a mycotic abdominal aortic aneurysm using two cryopreserved  superficial femoral artery allografts (available from the UK NHS tissue bank) to create a Y-shaped allograft to permit immediate aortic reconstruction after surgical debridement. To our knowledge, this is the first time such a reconstruction has been reported in the literature.
authors.affiliation: York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Abbas
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Davies
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kabir
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baroni
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Cavanagh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000785:Aneurysm, Infected / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D015925:Cryopreservation; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000637:transplantation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000601:surgery; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus; D013222:State Medicine; D014015:Tissue Banks; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous