Alternative technique for early postoperative aortic tear with prosthetic vascular graft: a case report

Yüksel Beşir; Orhan Gökalp; Habib Çakır; Serkan Yazman; Ersin Çelik; Hasan İner; İsmail Yürekli; Ali Gürbüz

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10250

Yüksel Beşir¹, Orhan Gökalp², Habib Çakır¹, Serkan Yazman¹, Ersin Çelik¹, Hasan İner¹, İsmail Yürekli¹, Ali Gürbüz²

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, İzmir Katip Çelebi University, Atatürk Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey
²Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty of İzmir Katip Çelebi University, İzmir, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2015.10250

In this article, we present a patient who underwent coronary bypass, and had a postoperative ascending aorta injury. The aorta patch plasty and coronary graft which were previously placed were extended by using synthetic vascular graft, and anastomosed to the innominate artery under current conditions. The patient was discharged on postoperative 10th day. Dynamic computed tomography angiography on postoperative 90th day showed that both the vascular graft and the right coronary saphenous vein graft as well as the anastomosis were patent.

Keywords : Beating heart; Dacron patch; polytetrafluoroethylene vascular graft; postoperative aortic tear

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