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A New Murine Model of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Published on: July 7, 2013
Successful endoluminal repair of an infected thoracic pseudoaneurysm caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus
Rachel E Bell1, Peter R Taylor, Marion Aukett
1Department of General and Vascular Surgery, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Purpose:
To report the successful endoluminal repair of an infected thoracic aneurysm secondary to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Case Report:
A 76-year-old man presented with an infected thoracic pseudoaneurysm 9 weeks after an elective infrarenal aneurysm repair. Blood cultures were positive for MRSA. Computed tomography (CT) showed an 11.5-cm false aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta just proximal to the celiac axis. An Excluder stent-graft was used to successfully repair the lesion. Recovery was uneventful, and the patient was treated with linezolid for 6 weeks. Follow-up CT scans at 3 and 12 months confirmed exclusion of the aneurysm and progressive shrinkage of the aneurysm sac with no evidence of graft infection.
Conclusions:
Endoluminal repair is an alternative to open surgery for the treatment of infected aneurysms of the thoracic aorta.
