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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 40, 195-198, Copyright © 1985 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Posttraumatic thoracic aortic aneurysm associated with a diaphragmatic hernia

EL Alexander, S Szentpetery and LJ Greenfield

The case of a patient with a chronic, posttraumatic descending thoracic aortic aneurysm and a large diaphragmatic hernia is presented. We repaired the diaphragm with Prolene mesh and externally grafted the aneurysm. To our knowledge, simultaneous repair of these two chronic injuries has not been reported. The merits of external grafting of aortic aneurysms are discussed.




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