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RESEARCH PRODUCT
Late Complication after Superficial Femoral Artery (SFA) Aneurysm: Stent-graft Expulsion Outside the Skin.
Felice PecoraroGiuliana La RosaGuido BajardiGiuseppe CorteEttore DinotoErmanno R. Sabatinosubject
Malemedicine.medical_specialtyStaphylococcus aureusmedicine.medical_treatmentTazobactamSettore MED/22 - Chirurgia VascolareAneurysmInfection Endovascular Stent-graft Aneurysm Superficial femoral arteryMedicineHumansRadiology Nuclear Medicine and imagingAgedbusiness.industrySuperficial femoral arteryLate complicationGraft Occlusion VascularStentStaphylococcal Infectionsmedicine.diseaseAneurysmSurgeryProsthesis FailureFemoral Arterysurgical procedures operativeStentsRadiologymedicine.symptomCardiology and Cardiovascular MedicinebusinessClaudicationComplicationPiperacillinmedicine.drugdescription
A 78-year-old man presented with a 7-cm aneurysm in the left superficial femoral artery, which was considered unfit and anatomically unsuitable for conven- tional open surgery for multiple comorbidities. The patient was treated with stent-graft [Viabhan stent-graft (WL Gore and Associates, Flagstaff, AZ)]. Two years from stent-graft implantation, the patient presented a purulent secretion and a spontaneous external expulsion through a fistulous channel. No claudication symptoms or hemorrhagic signs were present. The pus and device cultures were positive for Staphylococcus aureus sensitive to piperacillin/tazobac- tam. Patient management consisted of fistula drainage, systemic antibiotic therapy, and daily wound dressing. At 1-month follow-up, the wound was closed. To our knowl- edge, this is the first case of this type of stent-graft com- plication presenting with external expulsion.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-03-06 | Cardiovascular and interventional radiology |