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A1 Krupski WC, Mitchell RA, Gewertz BL, Fry WJ
T1 APpendicitis and aortofemoral graft infection
JF Archives of Surgery
JO Archives of Surgery
YR 1979
FD August 1
VO 114
IS 8
SP 969
OP 969
DO 10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370320101022
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.1979.01370320101022
AB • A 59-year-old man who underwent successful aortofemoral bypass had acute appendicitis at an indeterminate time in the postoperative period. Thirteen months later, a pulsatile groin mass developed. After a complicated course, it was found that infection from appendicitis had extended to the body of the graft. This unusual cause of graft infection reaffirms the importance of careful closure of the retroperitoneum over an aortic anastomosis and suggests a relationship of other intra-abdominal inflammatory processes to graft infection.(Arch Surg 114:969, 1979)