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Treatment of Prosthetic Graft Infection after Thoracic Aorta Replacement

Tamaki Takano, Takamitsu Terasaki, Yuko Wada, Tatsuichiro Seto, Daisuke Fukui, Jun Amano

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery · 2013 · 31 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Prompt re-replacement of the infected graft should be performed even when an orthotopic infection source led to the graft infection. Medical treatment might be applicable when neither an abscess nor pseudoaneurysm is observed.

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