Abstract
The article deals with a clinical case demonstrating that patient's elderly age is not an absolute contraindication for complex surgery in spite of high risk of postoperative complications. Early diagnostics, target treatment of the infection cite with vacuum-assisted therapy for wounds and the treatment of infectious complications based on individual characteristics of elderly patient with sepsis as an outcome of prosthetic thoracoabdominal aortic repair allowed avoiding multiple organ dysfunctions in the patient.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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English Abstract
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
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Empyema, Pleural / diagnosis
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Empyema, Pleural / etiology
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Empyema, Pleural / therapy*
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Female
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Humans
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Multiple Organ Failure / diagnosis
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Multiple Organ Failure / etiology
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Multiple Organ Failure / prevention & control*
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Sepsis / diagnosis
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Sepsis / etiology
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Sepsis / therapy*
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Surgical Wound Infection / complications
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Surgical Wound Infection / diagnosis
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Surgical Wound Infection / therapy*
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Treatment Outcome
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Wound Healing