Salvage of vascular graft infections via vacuum sealing drainage and rectus femoris muscle flap transposition: A case report

Figure 1 Computed tomography angiography. The left femoral artery defect injury was repaired by anastomosis with an artificial vascular graft.

Figure 2 A severe inguinal wound infected with Acinetobacter baumannii at 2 wk after surgery. The graft infection was treated by the vacuum sealing drainage (VSD) procedure (negative pressure wound therapy with 125 mmHg was commenced. A: Preoperative appearance; B: The graft was uncovered for a distance of 3.5 cm after the VSD procedure; C: The artificial graft was exposed in the right groin region and the wound revised by rectus femoris muscle flap transposition; D: The muscle flap survived and the wound of the patient at risk healed successfully after 3 wk.