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A Stent Graft Infection after Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair
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（Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan）
| Masakazu Aoki |
Kenichi Kamiya |
Shinji Ogawa |
| Hiroshi Baba |
Yasuhide Okawa |
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We present a rare case of stent graft infection.
A 69-year-old man, who had undergone endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with an Inoue stent graft 5 years previously, was admitted with high-grade fever.
An abscess around an abdominal aortic aneurysm was found on abdominal computed tomography（CT）and he was given a diagnosis of stent graft infection.
The stent graft was removed and vascular reconstruction was performed using a Gelweave graft bonded with rifampicin.
The graft was then covered with the greater omentum, and he was discharged on the 27th postoperative day.
Jpn. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. 40:125-129（2011）
Keywords：abdominal aortic aneurysm, stent graft infection, rifampicin-bonded graft
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