title: Surgical repair for tracheo-innominate artery fistula with a muscle flap.
abstract: A 70-year-old woman was quickly diagnosed as having tracheo-innominate artery fistula by three-dimensional computed tomography. Immediate surgical exploration was performed to control the bleeding using a temporary shunt. After the damaged artery was excised, vascular reconstruction was performed to preserve the connection between the proximal and distal ends of the innominate artery with the interposition of a saphenous vein graft. A pedicled sternocleidomastoid muscle flap was successfully used for the tracheal reconstruction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ishinomaki Red Cross Hospital, Ishinomaki, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshihiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sawamura
authors.forename: Kei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Takase
authors.forename: Norio
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Sekinori
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kikuchi
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tabayashi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005402:Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D016156:Respiratory Tract Fistula / Q000601:surgery*; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy