Successful management of tracheo-innominate artery fistula using interposition of a thymus pedicle flap
- 1 February 1995
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Laryngology & Otology
- Vol. 109 (2) , 161-162
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215100129561
Abstract
Tracheo-innominate artery fistual is usually fatal complication of tracheostomy. The trachea and innominate artery were successfully reconstructed in an 11-year-old girl who presented with this complication. The thymus was interposed betweenn these two structres in order to prevent further long-term complications.Keywords
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