Emergency total aortic arch replacement for a renal transplant recipient by mild hypothermia with selective cerebral perfusion.
Hypothermia and immunosuppressive drugs may promote surgical wound infection. We successfully performed an emergency total arch replacement with mild hypothermia and selective cerebral perfusion for a renal transplant recipient. The postoperative course was almost uneventful without any surgical site infection.
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yokkaichi Municipal Hospital, Yokkaichi, 510-0822, Japan. machapon@tg.commufa.jp
Masashi
M
Toyama
Naoki
N
Kida
Akinori
A
Tamenishi
Hiroshi
H
Okamoto
D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002560:Cerebrovascular Circulation; D006801:Humans; D007036:Hypothermia, Induced; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control