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Modified Octopus Technique for Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm
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Graft replacement and muscle wrap for infected aneurysm of thoracic aorta
Masayuki Sakaki1, Hiroshi Takano, Yuji Miyamoto
1Department of Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. msakaki@oph.gr.jp
Asian Cardiovascular & Thoracic Annals
|May 23, 2006
Abstract:
A 68-year-old man was admitted with high fever and enlargement of the distal aortic arch on chest radiography. Computed tomography showed a huge proximal descending thoracic aortic aneurysm. Graft replacement of the proximal descending thoracic aorta was performed on an emergency basis, and a pectoralis major muscle flap was wrapped around the graft. Salmonella enteritidis was detected in the resected tissue. The patient recovered well, with no signs of infection.

