Successful management of tracheo-innominate artery fistula using interposition of a thymus pedicle flap.
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.
Nakanishi
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Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Shimazu
A
A
Mitsudomi
T
T
Masuda
T
T
Osaki
T
T
Onimura
S
S
Shigematsu
A
A
Sata
T
T
Urano
H
H
Yasumoto
K
K
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*