Surgical treatment of aortobronchial fistula after thoracic endograft failure

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Alejandro Martin-Trenor²  Isidro Olavide¹  Alina Gallo³  Stefano Mastrobuoni²  Angelo Maria Dell'Aquila³ 

[1] Department of Anesthesiology. University of Navarra, Clinica Universitaria, Avenida Pio XII, Pamplona, Spain;Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Navarra, Clinica Universitaria, Avenida Pio XII, Pamplona, Spain;Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Martino University Hospital, l.go R. Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy

关键词: endovascular stent;    aortic ulcer;    aortic dissection;    bronchial fistula;   

Others  :  1207732
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-6-134

 received in 2011-07-03, accepted in 2011-10-11,  发布年份 2011

【 摘 要 】

Endovascular stent grafting has been recently considered as a less invasive alternative to either medical therapy or open surgical treatment for many patients with descending thoracic aortic disease. Late complications are rarely described in literature. Herein, we described the occurrence of an aorto-bronchial fistula and a retro-A dissection in a 73-year-old man after stent-grafting for a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) of the descending thoracic aorta and the successful surgical technique adopted in order to remove the stent-graft.

【 授权许可】

   
2011 Dell'Aquila et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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