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Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft
Joint Authors
Çiçek, Ömer Faruk
Çiçek, Mustafa Cüneyt
Kadiroğulları, Ersin
Uzun, Alper
Ulaş, Mahmut
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-01-03
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Aortoenteric fistula is an uncommon but life-threatening cause of gastrointestinal blood loss.
We report a case of a 70-year-old man who presented to the emergency department with an episode of melena and infection in the left inguinal region.
Diagnosis of secondary aortoenteric fistula was made between the left limb of the aortobifemoral graft and the descending colon.
We performed excision of the infected graft and in situ silver acetate coating of prosthetic vascular graft replacement (aortoleft femoral) on the patient.
This study reports a rare type of secondary aortoenteric fistula to the left colon, and it describes an unusual and successful surgical treatment.
Antimicrobial coating of prosthetic vascular grafts may be a good alternative in the presence of graft infection associated with aortoenteric fistula because in situ grafts may carry an increased risk of reinfection.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Çiçek, Ömer Faruk& Çiçek, Mustafa Cüneyt& Kadiroğulları, Ersin& Uzun, Alper& Ulaş, Mahmut. 2016. Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft. Case Reports in Medicine،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101204
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Çiçek, Ömer Faruk…[et al.]. Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft. Case Reports in Medicine No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Çiçek, Ömer Faruk& Çiçek, Mustafa Cüneyt& Kadiroğulları, Ersin& Uzun, Alper& Ulaş, Mahmut. Successful Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistula with a Special Graft. Case Reports in Medicine. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1101204
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1101204