title: Successful management of aortoesophageal fistula due to thoracic aortic aneurysm.
abstract: Aortoesophageal fistulas due to atherosclerotic thoracic aneurysms are usually fatal, with few reported survivors. We report an aortoesophageal fistula managed successfully in one stage by resection and replacement of the aortic aneurysm with a prosthetic graft and total esophageal resection. Immediate esophageal reconstruction was attained using orthotopic gastric interposition with omentopexy around the prosthetic aortic graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: U O
authors.initials: UO
authors.lastname: von Oppell
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Groot
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Thierfelder
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zilla
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Odell
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000150:complications*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000150:complications*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004937:Esophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male