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01.08.2012 | Case Report
Total arch replacement for a subacute type A dissection in a patient with a terminal tracheostoma after total laryngectomy: report of a case
Erschienen in: Surgery Today | Ausgabe 8/2012
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Standard full median sternotomy for total arch replacement in tracheostomy patients may lead to mediastinitis and graft infection. Several approaches for typical cardiac surgery, including a T-shaped sternotomy, have been used in patients with both terminal and transient tracheostomas; however, these procedures offer inadequate surgical exposure of the arch vessels. We herein report the case of a 67-year-old man with a subacute type A aortic dissection with a terminal tracheostoma after total laryngectomy, who successfully underwent total arch replacement by a fourth intercostal thoracotomy performed using an anterior bilateral approach and the arch-first technique. To our knowledge, this is the first report of a case of total arch replacement in a patient with subacute aortic dissection and a terminal tracheostoma.