[Tracheal compression caused by hematoma and felt strips around an anastomosis site following repair of thoracic aneurysm: a case report].
Respiratory complication is common after a repair of thoracic aneurysm, although tracheal compression caused by hematoma and felt strips following surgery is a rare cause. We report the case of a patient who experienced difficult weaning from ventilator after a repair of a thoracic aortic aneurysm and was diagnosed as a tracheal compression outside of trachea revealed by bronchoscopy and chest CT scan. Re-operation was successfully performed to relieve the compression under monitoring by bronchoscopy. Patient was disconnected from the ventilator three weeks after the reoperation and transferred to a rehabilitation hospital.
Sato
Masanori
M
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita 565-0871.
Goto
Yukiko
Y
Hirao
Osamu
O
Ohta
Noriyuki
N
Uchiyama
Akinori
A
Fujino
Yuji
Y
Mashimo
Takashi
T
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006406:Hematoma / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012086:Reoperation; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D015300:Ventilator Weaning