| Successful Conservative Treatment
with Continuous Irrigation of an Electrolyzed Strong Acid Solution
for Prosthetic Graft Infection of Abdominal Aorta |
(Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery,
Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan)
| Masaaki Ryomoto |
Takashi Miyamoto |
Hideki Yao |
| Katsuhiko Yamashita |
Sukemasa Mukai |
Torazou Wada |
| Masanori Murata |
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| A 65-year-old woman underwent abdominal
aortic replacement using a woven Dacron tube graft for abdominal
aortic aneurysm on April 2nd, 1996. She had pyrexia on the 6th
postoperative day and abdominal enhanced CT scan showed periprosthetic
bubble formations. She underwent relaparotomy 14 days after the
initial procedure due to large retroperitoneal abcess bacterial
culture of which revealed methicillin resistant staphylococcus
aureus. She underwent debridement and local irrigation by
an electrolyzed strong acid solution. Her pyrexia diminished
immediately after relaparotomy and bacterial culture of the drain
of the left retroperitoneal space became negative 82 days later.
She was discharged and has had no active inflammatory signs for
3 years. She is doing well at present. Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg.
29: 347-350 (2000) |
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