[In situ Replacement with Bovine Pericardial Roll Graft for Infected Aneurysm of the Thoracoabdominal Aorta].

Abstract

A 63-year-old man presented to a nearby doctor with fever and lumbago. Enhanced computed tomography showed a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and enhancement of soft tissue around the aneurysm. He was diagnosed with an infected thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and given antibiotics. After 2 weeks, the infection was controlled and he underwent in situ replacement with a bovine pericardial roll graft. A week after the operation, the inflammatory reaction was increased, but the bovine pericardial roll graft was not infected. This suggests that a bovine pericardial roll graft is a suitable material for use in patients with bacterial infections.

• Authors: Yoshifumi Chida, Keisuke Shiroto, Takayuki Kadohama, Genbu Yamaura, Daichi Takagi, Hiroaki Aida, Satoru Kagaya, Hiroshi Yamamoto
• Journal: Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery (Kyobu Geka) Vol. 68 Issue 12 Pg. 976-9 (Nov 2015) ISSN: 0021-5252 [Print] Japan
• PMID: 26555910 (Publication Type: Case Reports, English Abstract, Journal Article)

Topics

• Aneurysm, Infected (surgery)
• Animals
• Aorta, Thoracic (surgery)
• Cattle
• Humans
• Male
• Middle Aged
• Pericardium (surgery)
• Tomography, X-Ray Computed
• Transplantation, Heterologous
• Treatment Outcome