False aneurysm of the ascending aorta concomitant with chronic mediastinitis after tube graft replacement in octogenarian

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 450-453

  Kawachi, Yoshito ^a   Nakashima, Atuhiro ^a   Onzuka, Tatsushi ^a   Yamauchi, Toshihiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KYUSHU MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b Clinical Research Institute   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ascending aorta prosthesis; False aneurysm; Mediastinitis; Muscle transposition

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LATISSIMUS DORSI FLAP; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; MUSCLE FLAP; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEURYSM, FALSE; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVICE REMOVAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; REOPERATION; SURGICAL FLAPS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0036768710     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(02)00340-8     Document Type: Article

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