El Beyrouti, Hazem, Izzat, Mohammad Bashar, Kornberger, Angela, Halloum, Nancy, Dohle, Kathrin, Vahl, Christian-Friedrich and Dorweiler, Bernhard . Ovine Biosynthetic Grafts for Aortoiliac Reconstructions in Nonsterile Operative Fields. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg.. STUTTGART: GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG. ISSN 1439-1902
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Background Prosthetic vascular grafts placed surgically or via endovascular techniques can be subject to the risk of life-threatening graft infections. The Omniflow II vascular prosthesis is a biosynthetic graft that was reported to have favorable properties in resisting infections. Materials and Methods We retrospectively reviewed our 3 years' experience of using the Omniflow II prostheses for aortoiliac reconstructions in patients considered to carry a substantial risk of subsequent prosthetic graft infections (prevention group) as well as in patients with actively infected prosthetic vascular grafts (treatment group). Results Aorto-bi-iliac ( n =4) and aortobifemoral ( n =12) vascular reconstructions were performed using bifurcated Omniflow II prostheses in nine patients in the prevention group and seven patients in the treatment group. During mean follow-up of 28.617.2 months, there was one case of graft infection (6.3%) and graft thrombosis (6.3%) with subsequent successful thrombectomy. Early and late surgical revisions were required in eight (50%) and two (12.6%) patients, respectively. All graft prostheses were patent at last follow-up. Conclusion Using bifurcated Omniflow II vascular prostheses in patients with or at a high risk of vascular graft infection is advisable, and is associated with acceptable reinfection and patency rates.
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-576743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DOI: | 10.1055/s-0041-1723000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: | GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of Publication: | STUTTGART | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ISSN: | 1439-1902 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Language: | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URI: | http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/57674 |
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