title: Successful management of esophageal necrosis after endovascular repair of chronic type B aortic dissection.
abstract: We report the case of a 65-year-old patient with esophageal necrosis that developed after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of a previously stented, ruptured chronic type B aortic dissection. The cause of this complication may have been related to an infected mediastinal hematoma causing esophageal compression. Emergent esophagectomy was performed with success.
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. Electronic address: alexander.tobisch@me.com.
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tobisch
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Harald
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ittrich
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Jakob R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Izbicki
authors.affiliation: Department of General, Visceral and Thoracic Surgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexandra M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Koenig
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D004935:Esophageal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D016629:Esophagectomy / Q000379:methods*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D004947:Esophagus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed