Abstract
Introduction: Prosthetic vascular graft infection is a rare but severe complication in reconstructive vascular surgery and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Early diagnosis may reduce complications and duration of hospitalisation. For diagnosis, imaging devices such as US, CT and MRI are widely available. However, morphological imaging techniques are lacking differentiation between active infection and reparative tissue. Our objective is to evaluate the potential of 18F-FDG PET/CT for diagnosis of prosthetic vascular graft infection after surgery using prosthetic grafts especially with synthetic prosthesis.
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