Successful repair of tracheal dehiscence after heart-lung transplantation.
Tracheal dehiscence remains one of the most feared complications after heart-lung transplantation because of its nearly universal fatality rate. Drawing on experiences from the tracheal reconstruction and the lung transplantation literature, we report the successful repair of tracheal dehiscence, after heart-lung transplantation, with an intercostal muscle flap.
Pelletier
Marc P
MP
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
Coady
Michael
M
Ahmed
Shazad
S
Lamb
Jennifer
J
Reitz
Bruce A
BA
Robbins
Robert C
RC
D000328:Adult; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000601:surgery; D004541:Eisenmenger Complex / Q000601:surgery; D016041:Heart-Lung Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012086:Reoperation; D013524:Surgical Flaps; D013529:Surgical Wound Dehiscence / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000601:surgery