[Successful management of a ruptured infected aneurysm of the thoracic aorta: report of a case].
A successful removal of the infected thoracic aortic aneurysm ruptured to the lung is reported. A 59-year-old man who had been suffering from high fever showed sudden hemoptysis and shock during antibiotic therapy. Immediately a so-called temporary bypass grafting from ascending aorta to descending aorta was placed with a woven Dacron prosthesis, and then aneurysmectomy with upper lobectomy of the left lung was carried out. Finally the graft was left as a permanent bypass graft. In addition, the left subclavian artery was reconstructed with a EPTFE graft. The patient is now well one year after operation.
Gohra
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Department of Surgery, Saiseikai Yamaguchi General Hospital.
Seyama
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Furukawa
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Oda
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Esato
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D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged