Preliminary Experience with Prophylactic Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair in Patients Affected by Advanced Esophageal Cancer.

Bleeding from the thoracic aorta is potentially fatal in patients with advanced esophageal cancer (AEC). Esophageal malignancy is the third most common cause of aorto-esophageal fistula (AEF), after thoracic aortic aneurysm and ingestion of foreign body. The involvement of aortic wall often contraindicates chemo-radiotherapy (CRT) treatment, thus reducing life expectancy of these patients. Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is a well described mini-invasive technique that can be also applied for coverage of aortic lumen in case of invasion by esophageal cancer.
Source: Annals of Vascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Tags: Clinical Research, Basic Science Source Type: research