One of the most severe complications of abdominal aortic and peripheral vascular reconstruction is a vascular prosthesis infection that can cause adverse effects on a patient’s health and be life-threatening. By continuously innovating in its manufacturing process, Getinge has developed the first knitted grafts that minimise the risk of infection, improve patient healing and postoperative course, and reduce the cost of treating such infections.

We present silver-plated vascular prostheses with antimicrobial properties.  These are the first vascular prostheses to combine two well-known antimicrobial drugs: silver acetate and triclosan. These prostheses can be used in the presence of active infection, as recommended in the instructions.