Have a personal or library account? Click to login
The Usefulness of Biosynthetic Vascular Graft Omniflow II and Autologous Veins for the Treatment of Massive Infection of Dacron Vascular Graft with Enterococcus faecalis HLAR Cover

The Usefulness of Biosynthetic Vascular Graft Omniflow II and Autologous Veins for the Treatment of Massive Infection of Dacron Vascular Graft with Enterococcus faecalis HLAR

Open Access
|Feb 2016

Abstract

Infections of vascular grafts are the most severe complications in vascular surgery. We present the case of a 73-year-old male with infection of a dacron prosthesis with a strain of Enterococcus faecalis. The patient was treated with replacement of a full prosthesis with a combined graft constructed from Biosynthetic Vascular graft Omniflow and autologous veins. This graft is recommended for implantation in patients with a higher risk of infection. Our case is one of the first reported usage of this kind of graft in the aortic region and in a 2 years observation period no recurrence of infection was observed.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1227674 | Journal eISSN: 2544-4646 | Journal ISSN: 1733-1331
Language: English
Page range: 471 - 474
Submitted on: Jul 12, 2016
Accepted on: Sep 13, 2016
Published on: Feb 28, 2016
Published by: Polish Society of Microbiologists
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 WITOLD WOŹNIAK, ROBERT BAJNO, MICHAŁ ŚWIDER, PIOTR CIOSTEK, published by Polish Society of Microbiologists
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.