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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Aug 2008
Case ReportsGraft repair of tracheo-innominate artery fistula following percutaneous tracheostomy.
- Hassan Jamal-Eddine, Adel K Ayed, Ahmed Al-Moosa, and Nael Al-Sarraf.
- Department of Thoracic Surgery, Chest Disease Hospital, Kuwait.
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2008 Aug 1;7(4):654-5.
AbstractTracheo-innominate fistula (TIF) is a rare complication following percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT), occurring in < or =1% of cases. It usually develops three days to six weeks after the procedure and is fatal in the majority of cases, even after successful initial repair. We present a successfully treated case of TIF using a Goretex graft to replace the severely destroyed segment of the innominate artery.
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