Kim Jae Hyun, Na Chan-Young
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sejong Heart Institute, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, South Korea.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2012 Oct;15(4):792-3. doi: 10.1093/icvts/ivs300. Epub 2012 Jul 3.
Bleeding from the elephant trunk fabric is a rare and under-recognized complication during second-stage thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. In this article, we report one case of bleeding from the elephant trunk fabric and discuss the possible causes, management and prevention of this complication.
象鼻移植物出血是胸腹主动脉瘤二期修复术中一种罕见且未得到充分认识的并发症。在本文中,我们报告一例象鼻移植物出血的病例,并讨论该并发症的可能原因、处理方法及预防措施。