title: Diagnosis and Treatment of Vascular Surgery Related Infection.
abstract: Surgical site infection (SSI) is an important component of infections acquired from hospital. The most significant feature of vascular surgery different from other surgeries is frequent application of artificial grafts. Once SSI occurs after vascular operations with grafts, it might results in a serious disaster. Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase-negative Staphylococcus are the most common pathogenic bacteria for SSI after vascular surgery. Although SSI in vascular surgery often lacks of typical clinical characters, some clinical symptoms, laboratory data and certain imaging procedures may help to diagnose. In most cases of SSI after vascular procedures, the artificial grafts must be removed and sensitive antibiotics should be administered. However, for different cases, personalized management plan should be made depending on the severity and location of SSI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Yong-Gan
authors.initials: YG
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Xue-Li
authors.initials: XL
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Chao-Feng
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Miao
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Chuang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University, China.
authors.forename: Ning-Heng
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: Antibiotics; diagnosis; infection; treatment; vascular surgery