Lesson to be learned: beware of lusoria artery during transhiatal esophagectomy.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.01.092.
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Abstract
The presence of an aberrant right subclavian artery represents a potentially risky situation when high mediastinal surgery is planned. We report a case of a patient needing transhiatal esophagectomy for cancer; the presence of the abnormal anatomic arterial situation complicated the postoperative course, when a vascular- digestive fistula appears. We discuss the direct causes and consequences of a rare situation.
Medical subject headings
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Esophageal Fistula
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Esophagectomy
- Subclavian Artery
- Vascular Fistula