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Combined endovascular and surgical treatment of primary aortoesophageal fistula

open access: yes, 2010
Primary aortoesophageal fistula is a rare cause of massive upper gastrointestinal bleeding. Conservative treatment of aortoesophageal fistula results in a 60% in-hospital mortality rate with no late survival, and conventional surgical treatment has a ...
Chiesa, R.   +4 more
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Case Report Death by aortoesophageal fistula due to disseminated tuberculosis: a case study

open access: yes, 2015
: Tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem worldwide, especially in Korea. Although tuberculosis is generally considered a non-fatal chronic disease, deaths have occurred.
Hyung-Seok Kim   +4 more
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Aortoesophageal fistula as a complication of thoracic aorta aneurism stent grafting : a case report and literature review

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Endovascular stent grafting is performed in patients with aneurysms of aorta or other major vessels. The procedure is considered to be generally safe, with a low risk of complications, the most common of which include endoleaks, stenosis or ...
Witkiewicz, Wojciech   +6 more
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Successful minimally invasive management of life-threatening aortoesophageal fistula: A Case Report

open access: yes
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) despite being rare is considered as afatal disorder. The definitive treatment of AEFs is usually a combination of aortic (thoracic endovascular aortic repair, graft replacement, graft repair) and esophageal (esophagectomy ...
Haitham a. Abdelaziz eldmarany
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Emergency repair of a radiation-induced aortoesophageal fistula with endograft: report of a case.

open access: yes, 2011
This report presents the case of the emergency repair of a radiation-induced aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) with an endograft. The patient presented with multiple episodes of upper gastrointestinal bleeding.
Bhaskar Rao, D   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Aortoesophageal Fistula of Unusual Location [PDF]

open access: yesEndoscopy, 1997
J, da Fonseca   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Fatal aortoesophageal fistola in two cases of tight vascular ring.

open access: yes, 2002
Vascular rings are rare vascular congenital anomalies causing oesophageal and tracheal compression. An aortoesophageal fistula is a devastating, in part iatrogenic, complication of vascular rings.
FRESCURA C   +6 more
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Secondary aortoesophageal fistula after thoracic endovascular aortic repair for a huge aneurysm

open access: yes, 2013
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair for a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm is an excellent alternative to open surgery, especially in patients with a number of comorbidities.
Akhmadu Muradi   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Endovascular repair of aortoesophageal and aortobronchial fistulae.

open access: yesTexas Heart Institute journal, 2011
Aortoesophageal fistulae (AEF) and aortobronchial fistulae (ABF) are uncommon, but are in general fatal if left untreated. Conventional treatment requires surgical replacement of the thoracic aorta, along with several adjunctive procedures to repair the esophageal or tracheobronchial lesion.The mortality rates associated with open surgery reach 61% in ...
CHIESA , ROBERTO   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Aortoesophageal Fistula Occurring Due to Aortic Aneurysm. [PDF]

open access: yesCureus, 2023
Das S   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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