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The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (대한심장혈관흉부외과학회)
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Staged Surgical Treatment of Primary Aortoesophageal Fistula

  • Hwang, Sun Hyun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Cho, Jun Woo (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Bae, Chi Hoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Jang, Jae Seok (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • Received : 2018.09.14
  • Accepted : 2019.01.15
  • Published : 2019.06.05
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Abstract

Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare and potentially fatal disease that causes massive gastrointestinal bleeding. Therefore, early diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent mortality. Controlling the massive bleeding is the most important aspect of treating AEF. The traditional surgical treatment was emergent thoracotomy, but intraoperative or perioperative mortality was high. We report a case of a patient presenting with hematemesis who was successfully treated by a staged treatment, in which bridging thoracic endovascular aortic repair was followed by delayed surgical repair of the esophagus and aorta.

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