General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Sep 2010
Case ReportsSuprasternal approach for impending tracheo-innominate artery fistula.
We report preventive innominate artery division or ligation through a suprasternal approach for impending tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) with recurrent airway oozing in patients with severe neuromuscular disease. Our approach is less invasive and a favorable procedure as preventive surgery for impending TIF.