Open AccessSurgical Management of an Infected Popliteal Artery Aneurysm
Author(s) -
Juan Carlos Moy Petersen,
Ignacio Ortiz,
D. Couto Mallón,
Juan José Vidal Insua,
José Raúl García Casas
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
vascular specialist international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2288-7989
pISSN - 2288-7970
DOI - 10.5758/vsi.2014.30.3.94
Subject(s) - medicine , surgery , anastomosis , pseudoaneurysm , basilic vein , aneurysm , popliteal artery , vein , artery , radiology
Infective aneurysms are rare due to the antimicrobial advances and the early treatment of systemic infections. They represent a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. The treatment for these cases is generally characterised by excision and reconstruction using an autologous vein graft. We describe a case of a 66-year-old man who presented an 8 cm infected popliteal aneurysm where urgent surgical approach was performed. The vascular continuity was restored with a basilic vein. Clinical follow-up showed no signs of recurrent infection and patent bypass without any anastomotic pseudoaneurysm after a year.