Removal of an infected aortic endograft and open aortic reconstruction: technical remarks.

Infection of an aortic endoprosthesis is a potentially lethal complication of an endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). Surgical treatment usually involves excision of the infected endograft and vascular reconstruction, either in-line or extraanatomic. We present a case of severe infection of an endograft with suprarenal fixation.