SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF EARLY POSTOPERATIVE AORTIC GRAFT INFECTION BYPERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DRAINAGE

Authors
GLICKERMAN DJ DICKHOFF PJ ZIERLER RE HARLEY JD DAWSON DL
Citation
Dj. Glickerman et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF EARLY POSTOPERATIVE AORTIC GRAFT INFECTION BYPERCUTANEOUS CATHETER DRAINAGE, Annals of vascular surgery, 10(5), 1996, pp. 486-489
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Peripheal Vascular Diseas","Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Annals of vascular surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
08905096
Volume
10
Issue
5
Year of publication
1996
Pages
486 - 489
Database
ISI
SICI code
0890-5096(1996)10:5<486:STOEPA>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Successful treatment by percutaneous catheter drainage of an acute aor tic graft infection with an associated pancreatic fistula is reported. Percutaneous catheter drainage can be considered in selected patients when the risk of reoperation is deemed unacceptable or when other rea sonable treatment options do not exist.