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Highlights • Radical surgical treatment for prosthetic graft infections is still challenging.• Especially so for patients with extended-aortic prosthetic graft infection.• Redo total arch replacement while preserving prostheses with no… Click to show full abstract
Highlights • Radical surgical treatment for prosthetic graft infections is still challenging.• Especially so for patients with extended-aortic prosthetic graft infection.• Redo total arch replacement while preserving prostheses with no abnormal FDG uptake.• All the resected tissues were positive for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis.• No signs of infection recurrence at 2 years postoperatively.
Keywords:
extended aortic;
aortic prosthetic;
infection;
prosthetic graft;
tomography
Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2019
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Journal Title: International Journal of Surgery Case Reports
Year Published: 2019
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