Aortoesophageal Fistula after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

Aortoesophageal Fistula after Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair for Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury

Although thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has grown to become the standard of care to treat blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI), the long-term effects of TEVAR are still unclear. We here present a 72-year-old man with BTAI due to a traffic accident. He successfully underwent TEVAR and was...

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Main Authors: Masakazu Nitta, Taro Tamakawa, Natsuo Kamimura, Tadayuki Honda, Hiroshi Endoh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Traumatology 2019-09-01
Series:Journal of Trauma and Injury
Subjects:
esophageal fistula
aortic rupture
frailty
endovascular procedures
Online Access:http://www.jtraumainj.org/upload/pdf/jti-32-3-172.pdf
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