Esophageal necrosis after endoprosthesis for ruptured thoracoabdominal aneurysm type I: can long-segment stent grafting of the thoracoabdominal aorta induce transmural necrosis?
De Praetere
Herbert
H
Department of Vascular Surgery, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Lerut
Philip
P
Johan
Mertens
M
Daenens
Kim
K
Houthoofd
Sabrina
S
Fourneau
Inge
I
Maleux
Geert
G
Lerut
Toni
T
Nevelsteen
Andre
A
D000368:Aged; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004947:Esophagus / Q000098:blood supply* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008480:Mediastinitis / Q000382:microbiology; D009336:Necrosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000382:microbiology; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed