Successful treatment of myocotic thoracic aortic aneurysm by in situ graft replacement with omental wrapping.

Autor: Nishimura, Yoshiharu, Okamura, Yoshitaka, Hiramatsu, Takeshi, Iwahashi, Masahiro, Komori, Shigeru
Zdroj: Japanese Journal of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery; Feb2006, Vol. 54 Issue 2, p78-80, 3p
Abstrakt: Mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm is a fatal disease. We report a case of a 67-year-old man presenting with contained rupture of a mycotic thoracic aortic aneurysm. Urgent in situ graft replacement was successfully performed with omental wrapping to prevent postoperative graft infection. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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