title: Successful repair of tracheal dehiscence after heart-lung transplantation.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Marc P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Pelletier
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coady
authors.forename: Shazad
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lamb
authors.forename: Bruce A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Reitz
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Robbins
mesh_terms: 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