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- Title
Circumferential tracheal replacement with silicone stent supported, cryopreserved aortic homograft.
- Authors
Hauptmann, Edward; Dhar, Shumon; Harirah, Omar; Chandra, Raghav; Reznik, Scott; Waters, John
- Abstract
Treatment of long-segment tracheal defects remains a challenge in thoracic surgery with no standard surgical option. Aortic allografts have been used for this purpose with varying degrees of success. In a patient that suffered anastomotic dehiscence after tracheal resection with primary anastomosis, we performed complete tracheal resection and replacement using a stented circumferential aortic allograft. Currently, this patient is able to breathe normally without tracheostomy assistance 22 months postoperatively. Our report is the first in the English literature of long-term survival without tracheostomy dependence and close interval follow-up after circumferential tracheal resection and replacement with a cryopreserved aortic allograft.
- Subjects
AORTA; THORACIC surgery; SILICONES; HOMOGRAFTS; TRACHEOTOMY; ENGLISH literature; BREAST implants
- Publication
Journal of Surgical Case Reports, 2024, Vol 2024, Issue 2, p1
- ISSN
2042-8812
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1093/jscr/rjae040