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<p>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 <italic>Enterococcus faecalis</italic>. 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.</p>
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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.

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

Polish Journal of Microbiology

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

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...

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

Published Online: Feb 28, 2016

Page range: 471 - 474

Received: Jul 12, 2016

Accepted: Sep 13, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1227674

Keywords
abdominal aortic surgery, Omniflow II, vascular graft infection, vascular prosthesis

© 2016 WITOLD WOŹNIAK et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

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

Published Online: Feb 28, 2016

Page range: 471 - 474

Received: Jul 12, 2016

Accepted: Sep 13, 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5604/17331331.1227674

Keywordsabdominal aortic surgery, Omniflow II, vascular graft infection, vascular prosthesis

© 2016 WITOLD WOŹNIAK et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
abdominal aortic surgery, Omniflow II, vascular graft infection, vascular prosthesis