title: [Emergent endovascular stent-graft treatment for traumatic injury of descending aorta; report of a case].
abstract: A 71-year-old man was transfered to our hospital with acute aortic rupture due to a hit in the back by a log. Chest computed tomography (CT) demonstrated dissecting aneurysm of thoracic descending aorta, mediastinal hematoma, rib fracture and pulmonary contusion, We performed emergent endovascular stent-graft placement with local anesthesia successfully. The post operative course was uneventful. Chest CT scan after four months showed disappearance of aneurysm and hematoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yamagata Saisei Hospital, Yamagata, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohi
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sotoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hirooka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Orita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D019567:Back Injuries / Q000150:complications; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications