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Aorto-bronchial and aorto-pulmonary fistulation after thoracic endovascular aortic repair: an analysis from the European Registry of Endovascular Aortic Repair Complications

Thursday, July 23, 2015

Submitted by

Joel Dunning

Source

Source Name: European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Source URL: http://ejcts.oxfordjournals.org/content/48/2/252.abstract

Author(s)

Martin Czerny, Diana Reser, Holger Eggebrecht, Karin Janata, Gottfried Sodeck, Christian Etz, Maximilian Luehr, Fabio Verzini, Diletta Loschi, Roberto Chiesa, Germano Melissano, Andrea Kahlberg, Philippe Amabile, Wolfgang Harringer, Rolf Alexander Janosi, Raimund Erbel, Jürg Schmidli, Piergiorgio Tozzi, Yutaka Okita, Ludovic Canaud, Ali Khoynezhad, Gabriele Maritati, Piergiorgio Cao, Tilo Kölbel, and Santi Trimarchi

Among 4680 TEVAR procedures of the European Registry of Endovascular Aortic Repair Complications, 26 patients suffered from either central airway (aorto-bronchial) or pulmonary parenchymal (aorto-pulmonary) fistulation. A radical surgical approach was superior to any other treatment strategy with regard to overall survival.