The life-saving emergency thoracic endovascular aorta repair management on suspected aortoesophageal foreign body injury
10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2020.03.004
- Author:
Wei-shuyi Ruan
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Aortoesophageal foreign body injury;
Thoracic endovascular aorta repair
- From:
World Journal of Emergency Medicine
2020;11(3):152-156
- CountryChina
- Language:English
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Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Fatal aortic rupture caused by esophageal foreign body (EFB), is associated
with a high mortality, but can be prevented by thoracic endovascular aorta repair (TEVAR)
that performed increasingly as technology improves. This study aims to investigate the cause,
management and prognosis of suspected penetrating aortoesophageal foreign body injury.
METHODS: Twelve cases who met the criteria were enrolled in this study. The demographic
and clinical data were reviewed for evaluating the characteristics of EFB.
RESULTS: Among 12 cases enrolled, 7 were males and 5 were females, with an age 27–86
years. The distance of EFB from aorta (DFA) of 7 cases were less than or equal to 0 mm, 5 cases were
0–2 mm. Eleven cases were managed with TEVAR, only one case was with open surgery standby but
fi nally treated by fl exible endoscopy (FE) successfully, without TEVAR. In group with TEVAR, EFB of
7 cases were successfully removed by rigid endoscopy (RE), and one of them was failed at the first
RE treatment. EFB of 2 cases were successfully removed by open surgery with TEVAR, and other 9
cases were managed by endoscopies with TEVAR. The mean length of stay of hospitalization (LOS)
and length of ICU stay of patients treated by open surgery with TEVAR (18.50±2.12 days and 5.50±0.71
days) was signifi cantly longer than those of patients treated by endoscopy with TEVAR (7.00±2.74 days
and 1.33±1.12 days, P<0.001 and P=0.001, respectively). Five cases had severe complications.
CONCLUSION: Rational application of TEVAR can be a life-saving management for
aortoesophageal foreign body injury, and jointed with endoscopy is safe and effective with a shorter
length of ICU or total hospital stay.
