Management of aortobronchial fistula with graft replacement and omentopexy.
Massive hemoptysis due to a recurrent aortobronchial fistula after repair of a thoracic aortic aneurysm developed in a 64-year-old woman. The infected aortic tissue was resected and replaced with an in situ Dacron graft covered by omentum. The patient is alive and well 15 months later.
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill.
Keagy
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009852:Omentum / Q000637:transplantation*; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000601:surgery; D012008:Recurrence; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000601:surgery
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates