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Treating tracheo-innominate artery fistula with interposition of a pectoralis major myocutaneous flap
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- Authors
- Issue Date
- 2005-07-09
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Citation
- Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2006 Feb;263(2):180-2. Epub 2005 Jul 8.
- Keywords
- Aged ; Fatal Outcome ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Pectoralis Muscles/*transplantation ; Tracheal Diseases/*surgery ; Tracheostomy ; Vascular Fistula/*surgery ; Vascular Surgical Procedures/*methods ; Brachiocephalic Trunk ; Surgical Flaps
- Abstract
- Tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) is an uncommon life-threatening complication of tracheostomy. A prompt diagnosis and surgical intervention can save the life of a TIF patient. Several methods of reconstructing the tracheal defect have been reported, but may not be available in the presence of extensive infection. We used a trough and pectoralis major myocutaneous flap to treat a TIF patient with a large tracheal defect and severe infection who had to be ventilated mechanically. This may be a useful option in the treatment of this rare, devastating complication of tracheostomy.
- ISSN
- 0937-4477 (Print)
- Language
- English
- URI
- http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&dopt=Citation&list_uids=16003550
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/15087
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