[HSF] Possible infected Freestyle

[prasannasimha]

Incidentally if the net result is sterile collection the CT scan would  
make him a victim of VOMIT
http://ctsurgcomplications.wikia.com/wiki/VOMIT:_victim_of_medical_%28or_modern%29_imaging_%28or_investigational%29_technology
Prasanna
tdmartin2000 at aol.com wrote:
> Just for discussion sake- has anyone ever heard of a "sterile " abscess where there are multiple wbc's but no bacteria? 
>  
> Tom Martin
> U of Florida
> Gainesville 
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> Ani,
>   You are even more binary and concrete than yours truly!!   Though I'm the 
> first to profess that I'm not an aortic expert, I have seen and  read of 
> instances where conservative therapy has worked well for mediastinal  infections 
> in 
> the presence of aortic grafts.  Coselli and others have  written for years 
> about treating some of these cases with omentum and life long  antibiotics. As 
> long as the patient is closely watched, the risk of waiting is  not that great.  
>
> Also, exchanging a Free Style for a homograft in an 80 yo  by a new surgeon 
> carries a hell of a lot of risk no matter how you slice  it.
> Hal
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