Open repair of long-standing thoracic stent graft collapse resulting in pseudocoarctation and aneurysm formation.
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Abstract
After reported successful endovascular repair of an aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) caused by a chicken bone, subsequent stent graft collapse resulted in pseudocoarctation and late aneurysm formation requiring complex open surgical repair using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
Medical subject headings
- Aneurysm, False
- Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic
- Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced
- Esophagus
- Foreign Bodies
- Prosthesis Failure