A novel reconstruction technique of a tracheal defect in the emergent setting using a thymus flap in a patient with tracheoinnominate artery fistula
Abstract Background There is a very high mortality associated with a tracheoinnominate artery fistula; however, when patients survive, they often require reconstruction of the eroded tracheal defect after the bleeding has been controlled. Case presentation This is the case of an 83-year-old male wit...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-01-01
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| Series: | Surgical Case Reports |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s40792-019-0763-x |