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| Year : 2011 | Volume
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A near fatal complication following stenting of thoracic aortic aneurysm
Waseem M Hajjar, Sami A Al Nassar, Ahmed Iftikhar, Ahmed N Alaqeed
Thoracic Surgery Unit, King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Correspondence Address:
Waseem M Hajjar
King Khalid University Hospital, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh
Saudi Arabia
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DOI: 10.4103/1817-1737.74275
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Tracheobronchial obstruction along with compression of pulmonary vessels is a rare complication after stenting of aortic aneurysm. We present this rare situation in a young patient who underwent stenting of traumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm and developed this near fatal complication and also the conservative management plan which we adopted to manage this case. |
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