Endovascular aortic graft infection resulting in retroperitoneal abscess: report of a case
Infection is a rare complication of aortoiliac endovascular procedures, with an incidence inferior to 0.5%, and it may result in a retroperitoneal abscess potentially evolving to sepsis and gastrointestinal bleeding. In more than 50% of cases endovascular aortoiliac prosthetic grafts infection occur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2010-06-01
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| Series: | Emergency Care Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.pagepressjournals.org/index.php/ecj/article/view/1200 |