Aortoesophageal fistulas due to thoracic aorta aneurysm: Surgical versus endovascular repair. Is there a role for combined aortic management?

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Prokakis, Christos ^a   Koletsis, Efstratios ^a,c   Apostolakis, Efstratios ^a   Dedeilias, Panagiotis ^b   Dougenis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aorta; Aortic surgery; Esophagus; Fistula

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT; ANEURYSM SURGERY; AORTA RECONSTRUCTION; AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DACRON IMPLANT; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACIC AORTA; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; ARTERIES; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; HUMANS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 42049097472     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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