The patient was admitted to the or for a re-do on an infected endarterectomy.Bovine patch was explanted and replaced using aziyo vascure on (b)(6) 2019.Both the bovine patch, femoral artery, bypass graph and surrounding tissue of the groin were badly infected.It was reported that on (b)(6) 2019 the vascure patch had disintegrated/dissolved, femoral artery had thrombosed and infection was present.Serratia marcescens was the confirmed pathogen.The serratia marcescens pathogen has been present multiple times (the patient was growing it when the vascure was implanted) with this patient and the patient's previous history.The physician was not sure if the vascure patch was sewn to viable tissue and that this could have contributed to the adverse event.The patient was reported as stable and healing.
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