Repair of aortoenteric fistula secondary to graft placement for middle aortic syndrome. 2015

Hong Zheng, and Douglas A Troutman, and Matthew J Dougherty, and Keith D Calligaro
Section of Vascular Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, PA.

When an aortoenteric fistula (AEF) arises secondary to suprarenal or more proximal aortic repair, mortality and the complexity of the surgery increases. We present the first reported case to our knowledge of a secondary AEF arising 13 years after surgical repair of middle aortic syndrome. We performed the original surgery on a 22-year-old male who presented with hypertension and claudication by placing a Dacron prosthetic patch on the juxtarenal and infrarenal aorta, bilateral vein bypasses to the left and right renal artery, and a Dacron bypass to the proximal superior mesenteric artery. Thirteen years later, he presented with massive gastrointestinal bleeding and syncope. We performed a distal descending thoracic aortic rifampin-soaked bifurcated Dacron graft to the left renal artery and to a large meandering mesenteric artery followed by excision of all previous prosthetic graft and insertion of a rifampin-soaked tube graft from the distal descending thoracic aorta to the distal abdominal aorta with omental flap coverage. After a complicated postoperative course, he was discharged 2 months later and remains on dialysis at his 6-month postoperative follow-up without evidence of recurrent infection.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007412 Intestinal Fistula An abnormal anatomical passage between the INTESTINE, and another segment of the intestine or other organs. External intestinal fistula is connected to the SKIN (enterocutaneous fistula). Internal intestinal fistula can be connected to a number of organs, such as STOMACH (gastrocolic fistula), the BILIARY TRACT (cholecystoduodenal fistula), or the URINARY BLADDER of the URINARY TRACT (colovesical fistula). Risk factors include inflammatory processes, cancer, radiation treatment, and surgical misadventures (MEDICAL ERRORS). Cholecystoduodenal Fistula,Colovesical Fistula,Enterocutaneous Fistula,Fistula, Cholecystoduodenal,Fistula, Colovesical,Fistula, Enterocutaneous,Fistula, Intestinal
D008297 Male Males
D011474 Prosthesis Design The plan and delineation of prostheses in general or a specific prosthesis. Design, Prosthesis,Designs, Prosthesis,Prosthesis Designs
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D001807 Blood Vessel Prosthesis Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels. Vascular Prosthesis,Blood Vessel Prostheses,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft,Graft, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Grafts, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Prostheses, Blood Vessel,Prostheses, Vascular,Prosthesis, Blood Vessel,Prosthesis, Vascular,Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts,Vascular Graft, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Grafts, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Prostheses,Vessel Prostheses, Blood,Vessel Prosthesis, Blood
D004378 Duodenal Diseases Pathological conditions in the DUODENUM region of the small intestine (INTESTINE, SMALL). Disease, Duodenal,Diseases, Duodenal,Duodenal Disease
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001018 Aortic Diseases Pathological processes involving any part of the AORTA. Aortic Disease,Disease, Aortic,Diseases, Aortic
D013524 Surgical Flaps Tongues of skin and subcutaneous tissue, sometimes including muscle, cut away from the underlying parts but often still attached at one end. They retain their own microvasculature which is also transferred to the new site. They are often used in plastic surgery for filling a defect in a neighboring region. Island Flap,Island Flaps,Flap, Surgical,Flaps, Surgical,Pedicled Flap,Surgical Flap,Flap, Island,Flap, Pedicled,Flaps, Island,Flaps, Pedicled,Pedicled Flaps

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