The role of TEVAR in the management of a recurrent aorto-gastric fistula

Journal of Surgical Case Reports
Terri-Ann T RussellMaher Hamish

Abstract

An aorto-gastric fistula is a catastrophic and rare cause of an upper gastrointestinal bleed. The diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion and expedient management as any delay in each of these component, will be to the detriment of the patient. We report a case of a patient with two episodes of this rare event, with haemodynamic compromise, 15 years after having had a trans-hiatal oesophagectomy for an adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus who presented on both occasions. He had thoracic endo-vascular aortic repair (TEVAR) on both presentations and survived. This case exemplifies the fact that while TEVAR is a good bridging therapy for the management of an aorto-enteric fistula. It however should not be considered as the definitive management for patients who are operable or patients who do not have prohibitive surgical risk.

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