| Literature DB >> 20859729 |
Yoshifumi Fujimoto1, Keiichi Hirose, Noritaka Ota, Masaya Murata, Yujiro Ide, Yuko Tosaka, Maiko Tachi, Kisaburo Sakamoto.
Abstract
We report preventive innominate artery division or ligation through a suprasternal approach for impending tracheo-innominate artery fistula (TIF) with recurrent airway oozing in patients with severe neuromuscular disease. Our approach is less invasive and a favorable procedure as preventive surgery for impending TIF.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20859729 DOI: 10.1007/s11748-010-0598-7
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg ISSN: 1863-6705