Successful repair of an aortoesophageal fistula caused by a thoracic aortic aneurysm: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 357-359

  Tokuda, Yoshiyuki ^a   Matsumoto, Masahiko ^a   Sugita, Takaaki ^a   Nishizawa, Junichiro ^a   Matsuyama, Katsuhiko ^a   Yoshida, Kazunori ^a   Matsuo, Takehiko ^a   Awane, Masaaki ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortoesophageal fistula; Omental transfer; Thoracic aortic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; CASE REPORT; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ESOPHAGUS RECONSTRUCTION; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; OMENTUM; PEDICLED SKIN FLAP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; MALE; VASCULAR FISTULA;

EID: 1842556607     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-003-2697-x     Document Type: Article

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