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 …

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

Objective: To confirm the advantage of in situ reconstruction (ISR) over extra-anatomic
reconstruction (EAR) for aortic graft infection and determine the most appropriate conduit …

While microbial biofilms have been recognized as being ubiquitous in nature for the past 40
years, it has only been within the past 20 years that clinical practitioners have realized that …

OBJECTIVES To investigate the diagnostic value of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron
emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) in detecting thoracic aortic …

PURPOSE: To review several cases of stent-graft infection with respective outcomes to
identify clinical presentations and responses to treatment options. MATERIALS AND …

Based on a Presentation at the 2013 VEITH Symposium, November 19–23, 2013 (New
York, NY, USA) The prevalence of endograft infections (EI) after endovascular abdominal …

Abdominal aortic graft infections (AGIs) occur in 1–5% of aortic prosthetic placements. It can
result in limb amputation, pseudo-aneurysm formation, septic emboli, aorto-enteric fistulae …

BACKGROUND: Infection of intravascular or implanted biomedical devices often involves
biofilm-forming staphylococci that are recalcitrant to antimicrobial therapy. The present study …

Objective Aortic graft infection (AGI) is a disastrous complication with an incidence of 0.2–
6% in operated patients. With little or no high quality evidence, the best treatment option …