PMID: 8957407Dec 1, 1996Paper

Successful management of secondary aortoesophageal fistula

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
J D LuketichR J Keenan

Abstract

Aortoesophageal fistula is a rare complication after thoracic aortic aneurysm repair. Six previously reported cases of aortoesophageal fistula management have been uniformly fatal. We present our successful management and review the literature of this topic.

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