Open AccessManagement of Abdominal Aortic Graft Complications
Author(s) -
Richard L. McCann,
Lewis B. Schwartz,
Gregory S. Georgiade
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-199306000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , pseudoaneurysm , anastomosis , revascularization , mortality rate , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aorta , aneurysm , myocardial infarction
This study reviews the outcome of 61 patients who underwent 66 reoperations for complications of aortic grafts. There were 25 patients with false aneurysm of an aortic anastomosis and 41 patients with graft infection, 17 of whom had involvement of the gastrointestinal tract.