Aortoiliac-Graft Infection
- 1 July 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Surgery
- Vol. 116 (7), 939-942
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1981.01380190069016
Abstract
• Infection of a vascular synthetic graft in the aortoiliac position is a lethal complication of vascular reconstructive surgery. Difficulties in diagnosis and the subsequent delays in treatment are significant factors in the excessive mortality. Currently available diagnostic methods are extremely limited in their ability to detect infection in the retroperitoneal position, particularly at an early stage. A case is reported in which an aortoiliac-graft infection was detected by a leukocyte scan using indium 111 while the infection was at a relatively subtle clinical stage, and possible future application of leukocyte scanning to this difficult diagnostic problem is discussed. (Arch Surg 1981;116:939-942)This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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