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Ann Thorac Surg 2005;79:1425-1427
© 2005 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Using Fascia Lata to Treat Infective Aortic False Aneurysm

Ichiya Yamazaki, MD, PhD*,a, Yukio Ichikawa, MD, PhDa, Masanori Ishii, MD, PhDa, Toshiyuki Hamada, MDa, Hirokazu Kajiwara, MD, PhDa

a Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Center, Yokohama, Japan

Accepted for publication December 10, 2003.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Yamazaki, 1-17-19 Nagahama, Kanazawa-Ku, Yokohama-shi 236-0011, Japan
pxc02607{at}nifty.ne.jp

In patients with infective aortic false aneurysms, repair using artificial materials is in danger of becoming an additional focus for infection. We used harvested autologous fascia lata as a vascular patch in such operations on 2 patients with infected mediastinal false aneurysm after coronary artery bypass surgery. These patients have not had any recurrences of mediastinitis and false aneurysm for 4 to 6 years after the operations.






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