Difficult diagnosis and management of a complicated Nellix graft infection
An 81-year-old man, with a complex vascular surgical history, presents with sepsis from an infected Nellix stent-graft. He required an urgent laparotomy, explantation of the graft, and extra-anatomical repair. Although now widely used for this indication, the preoperative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose posi...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-09-01
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Series: | Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468428721000836 |