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ArticleJournal of vascular surgery cases and innovative techniques2026

Successful thoracoscopic-assisted explant of a notably migrated aortic stent graft protruding into the posterior mediastinum after endovascular re-exclusion.

Yumi Kakizawa, Yoshiki Watanabe, Kazuo Shimamura, Kazuma Handa, Koichi Maeda, Takashi Shirakawa, Satoshi Sakakibara, Fumio Yamana, Saito Shunsuke, Daisuke Yoshioka and 1 more

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Yumi KakizawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Yoshiki WatanabeDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuo ShimamuraDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kazuma HandaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Koichi MaedaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Takashi ShirakawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Satoshi SakakibaraDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Fumio YamanaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Saito ShunsukeDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Daisuke YoshiokaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Shigeru MiyagawaDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, The University of Osaka, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

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Abstract

We report a case of an 88-year-old patient in whom an aortic stent graft was placed in the distal aortic arch, which showed structural disintegration with excessive distal migration 16 years after implantation. Eventually, the graft penetrated the descending aortic wall and protruded into the posterior mediastinum. The patient was treated successfully without open conversion using a staged minimally invasive approach, which included repeat stent graft placement in the aortic arch and removal of the migrated stent graft via a thoracoscopy-assisted right minithoracostomy.

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Minimally invasive surgeryRemoval of stent graftStent graft migrationThoracic endovascular aortic repairThoracoscopy-assisted minithoracostomy

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