title: Successful management of tracheo-innominate artery fistula using interposition of a thymus pedicle flap.
abstract: Tracheo-innominate artery fistula is usually a fatal complication of tracheostomy. The trachea and innominate artery were successfully reconstructed in an 11-year-old girl who presented with this complication. The thymus was interposed between these two structures in order to prevent further long-term complications.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shimazu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mitsudomi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Masuda
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Osaki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Onimura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Urano
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasumoto
mesh_terms: D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000601:surgery*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000009:adverse effects*