Redo total aortic arch replacement using an extended homograft for graft infection.

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tohoku University Hospital, 1-1 Seiryo-cho, Aoba-ku, Sendai 980-8574, Japan.

Published: October 2006

A 65-year-old man developed graft infection 3 years after total aortic arch replacement for a chronic dissecting aneurysm. Redo total aortic arch replacement was performed using an extended homograft following 2 days of open drainage of the mediastinum. The patient has been free from a recurrent mediastinitis over the last 3 years.

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