[Surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysm in the elderly patients with renal insufficiency and pulmonary disfunction].
Renal insufficiency and pulmonary disfunction are the major risk factors of surgical treatment for thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). The 1st case was 79-year-old female with ruptured TAA. The 2nd case was 76-year-old female with thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm. Both patients successfully treated with graft replacement using temporally shunt (12 mm Gore-Tex graft), tracheostomy and epidural analgesia.
Sakakibara
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Department of Surgery, University of Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
Abe
M
M
Unno
H
H
Sato
M
M
Tomoyasu
S
S
Nakamura
K
K
Mitsui
T
T
Doi
T
T
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications*