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  • Review
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,455 Views
14 Pages

Actinomyces spp. Prosthetic Vascular Graft Infection (PVGI): A Multicenter Case-Series and Narrative Review of the Literature

  • Giovanni Del Fabro,
  • Sara Volpi,
  • Benedetta Fumarola,
  • Manuela Migliorati,
  • Davide Bertelli,
  • Liana Signorini,
  • Alberto Matteelli and
  • Marianna Meschiari

Background: Actinomycosis represents a challenging and under-reported complication of vascular surgery. Optimal management of Actinomyces spp. prosthetic vascular graft infection (PVGI) is highly uncertain because of the paucity of reports on this di...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,138 Views
9 Pages

Treatment of Secondary Aortoenteric Fistulas Following AORTIC Aneurysm Repair in a Tertiary Reference Center

  • Kyriakos Oikonomou,
  • Karin Pfister,
  • Piotr M. Kasprzak,
  • Wilma Schierling,
  • Thomas Betz and
  • Georgios Sachsamanis

29 July 2022

Objectives: To present our experience with various therapeutic approaches for the treatment of secondary aortoenteric fistulas following open and endovascular aortic aneurysm repair. Methods and Materials: A retrospective data analysis of patients tr...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,163 Views
5 Pages

25 February 2021

Primary aorto-enteric fistula (AEF) resulting from abdominal malignancy is a rare and often fatal complication. The few reports to date are mostly secondary to solid tumors. We present a case of a patient with refractory Hodgkin’s lymphoma who develo...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,302 Views
6 Pages

Aorto-esophageal fistula (AEF) is a condition with an extremely high mortality rate that often causes massive gastrointestinal bleeding, commonly resulting from esophageal perforation due to foreign bodies or aortic aneurysmal malformations. This cas...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
2,560 Views
18 Pages

30 November 2021

Detailed mechanism(s) of the beneficial effects of renal denervation (RDN) on the course of heart failure (HF) remain unclear. The study aimed to evaluate renal vascular responsiveness to angiotensin II (ANG II) and to characterize ANG II type 1 (AT1...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3,174 Views
6 Pages

Ureteral Complications during Surgery

  • Raymond A. Dieter,
  • George B. Kuzycz and
  • William Jacob Dieter

1 February 2023

Historically, ureteral complications during surgery have been occurring since the earliest performances of major abdominal or pelvic surgery. In the early 1960s, few diagnostic techniques were available to diagnose ureteral injury and determine the s...