title: Surgical treatment of aortobronchial fistula after thoracic endograft failure.
abstract: Endovascular stent grafting has been recently considered as a less invasive alternative to either medical therapy or open surgical treatment for many patients with descending thoracic aortic disease. Late complications are rarely described in literature. Herein, we described the occurrence of an aorto-bronchial fistula and a retro-A dissection in a 73-year-old man after stent-grafting for a penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) of the descending thoracic aorta and the successful surgical technique adopted in order to remove the stent-graft.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Martino University Hospital, l.go R. Benzi 10, 16132, Genova, Italy. am.dellaquila@gmail.com
authors: Angelo Maria
authors: AM
authors: Dell'Aquila
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Mastrobuoni
authors: Alina
authors: A
authors: Gallo
authors: Isidro
authors: I
authors: Olavide
authors: Alejandro
authors: A
authors: Martin-Trenor
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D001983:Bronchial Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed