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ArticleSurgical case reports2020

A novel reconstruction technique of a tracheal defect in the emergent setting using a thymus flap in a patient with tracheoinnominate artery fistula.

Tyler B Draeger, Shahriyour K Andaz, Vanessa R Gibson

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Tyler B DraegerDepartment of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0019-6974
Shahriyour K AndazDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, USA.
Vanessa R GibsonDivision of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, USA. VRGibsonMD@gmail.com.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere 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 with a tracheoinnominate artery fistula who was stabilized in the operating room and underwent repair of his trachea. A novel technique of using the thymus gland as a pedicled flap to repair a large tracheal defect was executed after achieving hemostasis. The patient's defect was repaired successfully following control of the fistula.

conclusionsWe have shown that the thymus gland can be used successfully as a pedicled flap for repair of a tracheal defect in the setting of a tracheoinnominate artery fistula.

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Pedicled flapThymusTracheal bleedingTracheal reconstructionTracheoinnominate fistula

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PMID31938896
PMCPMC6960273

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