The management of patients with coexisting diseases who undergo cardiac surgery is a subject to controversial discussions as the operative mortality is thought to be increased by simultaneous procedures. Traditionally...The management of patients with coexisting diseases who undergo cardiac surgery is a subject to controversial discussions as the operative mortality is thought to be increased by simultaneous procedures. Traditionally, the surgical procedures have been staged with the cardiac surgery performed first followed by the visceral operation at a later date. However, especially in cases of malignant disease (e. g. pulmonary or abdominal) the curative treatment is delayed and the additional costs of two settings have to be considered. 1 Although encouraging results have been reported concerning simultaneous pulmonary tumor resection, carotid endarterectomy or abdominal aneurysm repair, 2-5 detailed knowledge concerning further coexisting non-cardiac diseases requiring surgical therapy is still lacking. In some extremely rare cases patients suffer from more than just one coexisting disease of different origins: the current report focuses on a 61-year-old female patient suffering from ischemic heart disease, occlusion of the innominate artery and a retrosternal goiter as an incidental finding. She was treated in a simultaneous procedure with three operations in only one setting. The perioperative features of this special case are reflected in the following course.展开更多
Fatal bleeding in patients with tracheostomy is an uncommon incident, in the order of 0.1% to 1% of cases. It is secondary in 70% of cases to the innominate artery fistula in the tracheal lumen. The fistula is general...Fatal bleeding in patients with tracheostomy is an uncommon incident, in the order of 0.1% to 1% of cases. It is secondary in 70% of cases to the innominate artery fistula in the tracheal lumen. The fistula is generally created after the necrosis of tracheal rings. The incriminated factors are the type of cannula used, the site of tracheal opening below the 3rd tracheal ring, tracheal infections and the proximity of the innominate artery to the tracheal axis. The outcome of this incident is fatal in most cases. We report the case of a 59-year-old patient with a tracheostomy on the 11th day of his admission to intensive care for severe head trauma secondary to a road accident. On the 22nd day of his admission, the occurrence of a cataclysmic and fatal haemorrhage through the tracheostomy tube evoked an arterio-tracheal fistula of the innominate artery.展开更多
文摘The management of patients with coexisting diseases who undergo cardiac surgery is a subject to controversial discussions as the operative mortality is thought to be increased by simultaneous procedures. Traditionally, the surgical procedures have been staged with the cardiac surgery performed first followed by the visceral operation at a later date. However, especially in cases of malignant disease (e. g. pulmonary or abdominal) the curative treatment is delayed and the additional costs of two settings have to be considered. 1 Although encouraging results have been reported concerning simultaneous pulmonary tumor resection, carotid endarterectomy or abdominal aneurysm repair, 2-5 detailed knowledge concerning further coexisting non-cardiac diseases requiring surgical therapy is still lacking. In some extremely rare cases patients suffer from more than just one coexisting disease of different origins: the current report focuses on a 61-year-old female patient suffering from ischemic heart disease, occlusion of the innominate artery and a retrosternal goiter as an incidental finding. She was treated in a simultaneous procedure with three operations in only one setting. The perioperative features of this special case are reflected in the following course.
文摘Fatal bleeding in patients with tracheostomy is an uncommon incident, in the order of 0.1% to 1% of cases. It is secondary in 70% of cases to the innominate artery fistula in the tracheal lumen. The fistula is generally created after the necrosis of tracheal rings. The incriminated factors are the type of cannula used, the site of tracheal opening below the 3rd tracheal ring, tracheal infections and the proximity of the innominate artery to the tracheal axis. The outcome of this incident is fatal in most cases. We report the case of a 59-year-old patient with a tracheostomy on the 11th day of his admission to intensive care for severe head trauma secondary to a road accident. On the 22nd day of his admission, the occurrence of a cataclysmic and fatal haemorrhage through the tracheostomy tube evoked an arterio-tracheal fistula of the innominate artery.
