REPAIR OF AORTOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA AFTER AORTIC GRAFTING

This report describes repair of an aortoesophageal fistula caused by a previously placed thoracic aortic graft. The diagnosis was made by es ophagoscopy. The repair consisted of femoral-to-femoral cardiopulmonar y bypass, excision of the old graft, placement of a new graft, esophag ectomy, cervical esophagostomy, gastrostomy, and later reconstruction by cervical esophagogastrostomy.