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

Table 5 The aortic VGEI by different surgical options with different antibiotic strategies

Antibiotic strategy	Open surgical repair	Endovascular intervention	P value
(2)	5.1% (6/118)	14.6% (29/198)	0.009
(3)	2.7% (8/298)	14.5% (57/392)	< 0.001
(4)	1.5% (1/66)	7.9% (6/76)	0.122
(1)+(3)	0.0% (0/82)	12.6% (17/135)	< 0.001
(2)+(4)	0.0% (0/17)	7.5% (5/67)	NS
(1)+(2)+(3)+(4)	0.0% (0/4)	3.4% (1/29)	NS

Aortic VGEI: aortic vascular graft or endograft infection; (1) pre-operative intravenous antibiotics for 4 to 6 weeks; (2) post-operative intravenous antibiotics for 4 to 6 weeks; (3)long-term antibiotic treatment; (4) lifelong antibiotic use; NS: non-significant

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