Successful management of esophageal necrosis after endovascular repair of chronic type B aortic dissection.

Tobisch, Alexander; Ittrich, Harald; Izbicki, Jakob R; Koenig, Alexandra M · Ann Thorac Surg · 2014

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report the case of a 65-year-old patient with esophageal necrosis that developed after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of a previously stented, ruptured chronic type B aortic dissection. The cause of this complication may have been related to an infected mediastinal hematoma causing esophageal compression. Emergent esophagectomy was performed with success.

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