[Current status of surgical treatment of deep vascular infections]

Systematic analysis of infection risk and possible therapy in vascular surgery require an exact definition and classification of stages of infection. The aim of these classifications is to use different therapeutical methods and to determine the prognosis in postoperative septic complication of vascular surgery. The whole repertoire of vascular surgery has to been used to eliminate the infection. This means aggressive treatment by explantation of alloplasty material, without consideration of the long-term results.