title: An axillofemoral bypass graft transgressing the chest wall.
abstract: Explantation of an infected patent vascular graft does not necessarily require concomitant revascularization procedures. The need for revascularization can be determined by a trial cross-clamping of the graft and clinical assessment of limb perfusion. We report a case of an infected axillofemoral graft transgressing the chest wall in a surgically high risk patient.
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Vascular Surgery St Mary's Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Praed Street London W2 1NY UK.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levena Skervin
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology St Mary's Hospital Imperial College NHS Trust Praed Street London W2 1NY UK.
authors.forename: Robert Hywel
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.affiliation: Academic Department of Vascular Surgery St Mary's Hospital Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Praed Street London W2 1NY UK.
authors.forename: Kaji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sritharan
keywords: Extra‐anatomic bypass; graft infection; prosthetic grafts