| Cryopreserved Aortic Homografts
for the Treatment of Prosthetic Graft Infections Caused by MRSA
- A Case Report - |
(Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University,
Sendai, Japan)
| Koichi Nagaya |
Koichi Tabayashi |
Atushi Iguchi |
| Hiroji Akimoto |
Yusuke Tsuru |
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A 70-year-old man had undergone
prosthetic graft replacement for aneurysm of the descending aorta.
Postoperatively he suffered methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
aureus infection. Infection was controlled by antibiotics, and
he was followed up in the outpatient clinic. However, he was
readmitted due to high fever on the 192nd postoperative day.
CT scan revealed abscess formation around the prosthetic graft.
The wound was re-explored, and drainage, irrigation and packing
with sponges soaked with povidoneiodine solution was performed
for 3 days. After that, the prosthetic graft was replaced with
a cryopreserved aortic homograft. The postoperative course was
uneventful, and he showed no signs of recurrent infection for
over 14 months.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 32：141 -144（2003) |
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