A near fatal complication following stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm.
Tracheobronchial obstruction along with compression of pulmonary vessels is a rare complication after stenting of aortic aneurysm. We present this rare situation in a young patient who underwent stenting of traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm and developed this near fatal complication and also the conservative management plan which we adopted to manage this case.
Thoracic Surgery Unit, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Waseem M
WM
Hajjar
Sami A
SA
Al Nassar
Ahmed
A
Iftikhar
Ahmed N
AN
Alaqeed
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