Successful treatment using percutaneous drainage for aortic arch prosthetic graft infection

AbstractProsthetic graft infection in the ascending aorta or aortic arch is a life-threatening complication. Redo graft replacement is also associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. Conservative treatments without graft removal recently developed as alternatives to conventional surgical approach have been reported with successful outcomes. We report a case of successful treatment of prosthetic graft infection in the aortic arch, for which percutaneous catheter drainage was initially performed prior to open surgery, followed by graft coverage with an omental flap.