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The use of covered stents in an infected field is controversial. It is generally recommended that infected aneurysms be treated using autografts or allografts. We report a case of infected brachial pseudoaneurysms that developed after medical debridement of a methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)-infected wound of the right arm and emergency brachial artery bypass-grafting using the saphenous vein, which was successfully treated by endovascular stent-grafting followed by antibiotic administration. The present case suggests that endovascular stent-grafting prevents rupture and occlusion of infected aneurysms and enables the continued administration of antibiotics.
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Received: March 12, 2002 · Revision accepted: July 1, 2002
Y. Kurimoto (corresponding author)
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Kurimoto, Y., Tsuchida, Y., Saito, J. et al. Emergency Endovascular Stent-Grafting for Infected Pseudoaneurysm of Brachial Artery. Infection 31, 186–188 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-3046-5
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s15010-002-3046-5