title: Open repair of long-standing thoracic stent graft collapse resulting in pseudocoarctation and aneurysm formation.
abstract: After reported successful endovascular repair of an aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) caused by a chicken bone, subsequent stent graft collapse resulted in pseudocoarctation and late aneurysm formation requiring complex open surgical repair using deep hypothermic circulatory arrest.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. vhindori@gmail.com
authors.forename: Vikash Gautamsharma
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Hindori
authors.forename: Robin H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Heijmen
authors.forename: Wim J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Morshuis
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D000792:Angiography / Q000379:methods; D017130:Angioplasty / Q000295:instrumentation; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D001705:Bioprosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D050792:Circulatory Arrest, Deep Hypothermia Induced / Q000379:methods*; D020878:Device Removal; D004945:Esophagoscopy / Q000379:methods; D004947:Esophagus; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation / Q000379:methods; D018570:Risk Assessment; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D016896:Treatment Outcome