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Table 1 Results and postoperative antibiotic strategies for infective native aortic aneurysms with open surgical repair

From: Analysis of antibiotic strategies to prevent vascular graft or endograft infection after surgical treatment for infective native aortic aneurysms: a systematic review

Author

Year

Pt No

Antibiotic strategy after surgery

HD No

IAVG No

Liesker9

2022

13

Varying durations (Intravenous antibiotics 0 ~ 6 weeks, and then oral antibiotics 0 day to 7 months)

0

5

Sörelius12

2019

2

NA

0

0

Kim13

2017

19

Intravenous antibiotics for 4 ~ 6 weeks and then oral antibiotics

2

1

Lau17

2015

14

6 weeks of intravenous antibiotics for all and then lifelong oral antibiotics

1

0

Chen18

2005

17

All treated with appropriate antibiotics for 4 ~ 6 weeks

2

1

Premnath19

2021

4

Antibiotics of varying course lengths, and lifelong antibiotics for post-procedural infective complication

0

0

Nemoto22

2017

25

Intravenous antibiotics for at least 3 weeks and then lifelong oral antibiotics

3

0

Dang24

2020

13

All had antibiotics during hospitalization and the duration of antibiotics after discharge between 6 weeks and ongoing

1

0

Hashimoto29

2019

27

Use intravenous antibiotics until WBC count and CRP level normalized and no inflammatory findings on CT inaging

0

0

Dubois32

2010

44

Duration of antibiotic treatment was influenced by the type of surgical reconstruction

10

3

Kyriakides33

2004

15

Operative survivors were placed on antibiotics for 3 months

4

1

Oderich35

2001

42

Antibiotic duration based on surgeon’s preference

9

2

Hsu36

2004

35

Intravenous antibiotics for at least 6 weeks and after discharge, duration of oral antibiotics determined by the surgeon

4

3

Luo37

2003

15

Surgical survivors had intravenous antibiotics for 2 ~ 6 weeks and only 8 survivors had oral antibiotics for 2 weeks to 9 months

2

0

Lin38

2014

77

NA

8

4

Kan40

2010

21

NA

1

1

Bisdas42

2011

33

Intravenous antibiotic use during parenteral nutrition and oral antibiotics continued for at least 2 weeks after discharge

6

2

Weis-Muller43

2011

36

Antibiotic for at least 6 weeks

12

1

Ting44

2005

7

Intravenous antibiotics for 2 ~ 6 weeks and lifelong antibiotic use except tuberculosis cases

0

0

Fillmore46

2003

10

NA

4

0

Sörelius47

2016

62

Median duration of antibiotic use 16 weeks (range 0 ~ 144) for the patients with infection-related complications

2

5

Lee48

2011

13

Intravenous antibiotics for at least 6 weeks or until clinical or laboratory parameters normalized

1

0

Heinola49

2018

56

Median duration of antibiotic use 8.5 weeks (range 1 ~ 35)

5

0

Yamashiro50

2013

22

Intravenous antibiotics until WBC and CRP level normalized (range 4 ~ 12 weeks) and oral antibiotic use after discharge

5

0

  1. IAVG: infection of aortic vascular graft; HD: hospital death; WBC: white blood cell; CRP: c reactive protein; CT: computed tomography; NA: not available; No: number