title: Pseudoaneurysm formation 12 years after ringed intraluminal graft replacement for type B aortic dissection.
abstract: A sutureless ringed intraluminal graft has been used as a substitute for the diseased aorta with the advantage of decreasing the aortic cross-clamp time and blood loss. Concerns remain about implications of anecdotal accounts of late complications with this graft. We report on the experience of a 68-year-old man, successfully treated for type B aortic dissection using the sutureless technique, who developed a pseudoaneurysm and aortobronchial fistula over the distal anastomosis of the intraluminal graft 12 years after the operation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, ROC. c9112772@cgmh.org.tw
authors.forename: Jen-Ping
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hung-I
authors.initials: HI
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Ming-Jang
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Chiung-Lun
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: Chiung-Jen
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013536:Suture Techniques