Successful management of tracheo-innominate artery fistula using interposition of a thymus pedicle flap

R Nakanishi; A Shimazu; T Mitsudomi; T Masuda; T Osaki; S Onimura; A Shigematsu; T Sata; H Urano; K Yasumoto

doi:10.1017/s0022215100129561

Successful management of tracheo-innominate artery fistula using interposition of a thymus pedicle flap

J Laryngol Otol. 1995 Feb;109(2):161-2. doi: 10.1017/s0022215100129561.

Authors

R Nakanishi¹, A Shimazu, T Mitsudomi, T Masuda, T Osaki, S Onimura, A Shigematsu, T Sata, H Urano, K Yasumoto

Affiliation

¹ Second Department of Surgery, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.

PMID: 7706928
DOI: 10.1017/s0022215100129561

Abstract

Tracheo-innominate artery fistula is usually a fatal complication of tracheostomy. The trachea and innominate artery were successfully reconstructed in an 11-year-old girl who presented with this complication. The thymus was interposed between these two structures in order to prevent further long-term complications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Brachiocephalic Trunk / surgery*
Child
Female
Fistula / etiology
Fistula / surgery*
Humans
Surgical Flaps*
Thymus Gland / surgery*
Tracheal Diseases / etiology
Tracheal Diseases / surgery*
Tracheostomy / adverse effects*