
pmid: 22917674
To report on the short- and long-term outcomes of patients with primary infected aortic aneurysm (IAA) treated by stent graft (SG) in two centers.Over a period of 15 years, 32 patients with IAA underwent endovascular treatment. None had undergone previous aortic surgery. The causal relationship was gastrointestinal infection in 9 patients (28%), endovascular diagnostic/therapeutic procedures/resuscitation in 6 (19%), wound infection after previous surgeries in 5 (16%), urinary infection in 4 (13%), urology or gastroenterology procedures in 3 (9%), pancreatitis in 2 (6%), endocarditis in 1 (3%) and phlebitis in 1 (3%) patient. We implanted 11 bifurcated, 10 tubular thoracic, 4 aorto-uni-iliac, 4 tubular abdominal and 1 iliac SG. Two other surgeries were hybrid procedures.The etiological agent was identified in 28 (88%) patients. Twenty-six (81%) patients survived the 30-day postoperative period. Sixteen (50%) survived to 1-year follow-up and 13 (40.6%) survived to 3-year follow-up. Three patients have survived for less than 1 year and a further 3 for less than 3 years, so far. Among patients with aneurysms situated in central parts of the thoracic and infrarenal aorta there was a better death/survival ratio than among patients with a proximal or distal aneurysm location.The implantation of a SG may be an alternative to open surgery in selected groups of patients with primary IAA. Aneurysms of the central part of the thoracic or abdominal aorta have a more favorable prognosis with endovascular treatment.
Adult, Male, Time Factors, Pseudoaneurysm, Stent graft, Humans, FDG/PET, Aged, Czech Republic, Retrospective Studies, Medicine(all), Aged, 80 and over, Endovascular, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Endovascular Procedures, Middle Aged, Infected aortic aneurysm, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Survival Rate, Infectious aortitis, Surgery, Female, Stents, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Aneurysm, Infected, Aneurysm, False, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Follow-Up Studies
Adult, Male, Time Factors, Pseudoaneurysm, Stent graft, Humans, FDG/PET, Aged, Czech Republic, Retrospective Studies, Medicine(all), Aged, 80 and over, Endovascular, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Endovascular Procedures, Middle Aged, Infected aortic aneurysm, Blood Vessel Prosthesis, Survival Rate, Infectious aortitis, Surgery, Female, Stents, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Aneurysm, Infected, Aneurysm, False, Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal, Follow-Up Studies
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