ABSTRACT
The principles of treatment of prosthetic graft infection are straightforward: eliminate the infection while preserving perfusion to the vascular bed supplied by the infected graft. Two circumstances, however, pose significant challenges to successful treatment, namely, associated bleeding and associated ischaemia. In each case the urgency of the associated condition imposes an immediacy which may limit the options for evaluation, preparation and treatment, as well as have an adverse impact on outcome.
