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Original Source: Successful Antibiotic Treatment of Severe Staphylococcal Infection of a Long Stent Graft in the Superficial Femoral Artery with Graft Preservation in the Long Term.
INTRODUCTION: Bacterial infection of endovascular stent grafts is a serious condition, regularly leading to graft replacement by open bypass surgery. CASE REPORT: We describe the case of a staphylococcal infection of a 150-mm covered stent graft (Gore Viabahn), placed in the superficial femoral artery. Stent graft infection was successfully treated by oral administration of penicillinase-resistant flucloxacillin and the lipopeptide daptomycin with complete graft preservation, not requiring surgical treatmen...
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Aorfix™ endovascular stent graft – Treating the cases other grafts cannot treat Aorfix™ is the only endovascular stent graft licensed in Europe to treat aneurysms in complex anat...
MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is a family of bacteria with resistance to one or more major antibiotics. There are currently 17 different strains of MRSA. Two particular strains,...
Veryan has developed three dimensional (3D) stent technology based upon a helical shape that may be applied to a self-expanding stent platform. The initial objective was to investigate the presen...
The 11th largest pharmaceutical company in the world, Abbott Laboratories generated sales of $16 billion in 2009 and has 90,000 employees. Within the medical device arm of the company, products of...
The Asymptomatic Patient With Abnormal Laboratory Test Results
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FDA approves abdominal stent graft from Trivascular
The FDA has granted Trivascular premarket approval for the Ovation stent graft, which is intended to treat weak, bulging or d -More-
Stent Graft Maintains Dialysis Access (CME/CE)
NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) -- The Flair endovascular stent graft was better than balloon angioplasty at keeping hemodialysis access grafts open through 12 months, interim results of a randomized tria...
Bolton Medical's thoracic stent-graft system wins FDA nod
The FDA has cleared Bolton Medical to market its Relay stent-graft device, which is used in combination with the company's Re -More-
Medtronic introduces Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system in US
Medtronic has introduced the Endurant II AAA Stent Graft system in the US, following the US Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approval.
Medtronic stent graft for aortic transection repair wins FDA approval
Medtronic has obtained regulatory clearance from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the expanded indication of use of its tubular stent graft for the endovascular repair of isolated lesions...
Acacia subsidiary obtains patent for stent graft technology
Acacia Research Corp announced today that a subsidiary has acquired a patent for stent graft technology.
FDA clears Bolton's stent graft system for TAAs
The FDA has approved Bolton Medical's Relay thoracic stent graft with Plus delivery system to use as a minimally invasive treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysms (TAAs) and penetrating atherosclerotic...
Gore wins CE mark for new endovascular stent-graft sizes
The European Union has granted CE mark to W. L. Gore & Associates' endovascular stent-graft with a new 35 mm trunk-ipsilateral leg and 36 mm aortic extender.
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INTRODUCTION: Bacterial infection of endovascular stent grafts is a serious condition, regularly leading to graft replacement by open bypass surgery. CASE REPORT: We describe the case of a staphylococ...
Zenith® TX2®LowProfile TAA Endovascular Graft: a next generation thoracic stent-graft.
The aim of the present article is to describe a new thoracic stent graft (Zenith TX2 Low-Profile TAA Endovascular Graft).
Treatment strategies for aortic and peripheral prosthetic graft infection.
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the outcomes correlated with our treatment strategy for prosthetic graft infection. METHODS: Seventeen patients were treated for prosthetic graft infe...
Technique of Adding a Diameter-reducing Wire to the Modified TX2 Fenestrated Stent Graft.
One of the technical limitations of surgeon-modified fenestrated stent grafts is the lack of a diameter-reducing wire, which facilitates catheterization of target branches if there are errors of devic...
An innovative exclusion technique for ductus arteriosus with a novel stent graft.
A 72-year-old woman who had a patent ductus arteriosus that was anatomically unsuitable for catheter coiling was treated with a pre-curved fenestrated stent graft. This graft was custom-made to config...
