title: Successful Management of an Infected Aortic Stent Graft in a Liver Transplanted Patient.
abstract: We report on a 57-year-old female liver transplanted patient who underwent endovascular aneurysm repair because of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. Two months later, she developed an infection, and positron emission tomography computed tomography detected a paraprosthetic abscess. Explantation of the endoprosthesis and aortic reconstruction with a Y-shaped silver graft was made. The patient was discharged on the 12th postoperative day and shows up regularly in our outpatients department in a good clinical condition. After meticulous research of the current literature, this is the first published case of the successful management of an infected endovascular aortic stent in a liver transplanted patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Benjamin
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Juntermanns
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Johannes
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bernheim
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cyrek
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Wieslaw
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Burzec
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reinhardt
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Hilmar
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kühl
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany.
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Paul
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of General, Visceral and Transplantation Surgery, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany. Electronic address: Johannes.Hoffmann@uk-essen.de.
authors.forename: Johannes N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D020878:Device Removal; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008875:Middle Aged; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016459:Prosthesis-Related Infections / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000601:surgery*; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome