Journal of Trauma and Injury

The Korean Society of Traumatology (대한외상학회)
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Endovascular Salvage for Traumatic Midthoracic Aortic Rupture with Left Diaphragmatic Injury

  • Son, Shin-Ah (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Oh, Tak-Hyuk (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Gun-Jik (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lee, Deok Heon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital) ;
  • Lim, Kyoung Hoon (Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Kyungpook National University Hospital)
  • Received : 2018.03.30
  • Accepted : 2018.06.05
  • Published : 2018.08.31
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Abstract

Patients with traumatic aortic rupture rarely reach the hospital alive. Even among those who arrive at the hospital alive, traumatic aortic rupture after high-speed motor vehicle accidents leads to a high in-hospital mortality rate and is associated with other major injuries. Here, we report a rare case of descending midthoracic aortic rupture with blunt diaphragmatic rupture. Successful management with emergency laparotomy after an immediate endovascular procedure resulted in a favorable prognosis in this case.

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