After studying medicine at Hanover Medical School and philosophy and social psychology
at the Leibniz University Hanover, Omke E. Teebken joined the Christian Albrechts …

The early 1950s witnessed the introduction of vascular reconstruction surgery using
prosthetic vascular grafts. 1 These grafts are important in the management of peripheral …

Purpose Consensus on optimal imaging procedure for vascular graft/endograft infection
(VGEI) is still lacking and the choice of a diagnostic test is often based on the experience of …

OBJECTIVE: We compared pooled estimates of event rates for amputations, conduit failures,
reinfections, early mortalities, and late mortalities in patients with aortic graft infection who …

Vascular procedures are rarely complicated by infection, but if prosthetic vascular graft
infection (PVGI) occurs, morbidity and mortality are high. Several patient-related, surgery …

Objective Little is known about optimal management of prosthetic vascular graft infections,
which are a rare but serious complication associated with graft implants. The goal of this …

Background Vascular graft infection (VGI), a serious complication in vascular surgery, has a
high morbidity and mortality rate. The diagnosis is complicated by non-specific symptoms …

Objective/Background The management of aortic graft infection (AGI) is highly complex and
in the absence of a universally accepted case definition and evidence-based guidelines …

Background Aortic stent-graft infection (SGI) is rare but remains one of the most challenging
and threatening complications. This systematic review aimed to identify the clinical features …

More than 400 000 vascular grafts are inserted annually in the USA. Graft insertion is
complicated by infection in 0.5–4% of cases. Vascular graft infections (VGIs) are becoming …