Is Left Innominate Vein Ligation during Aortic Arch Surgery Always Safe? A Case Report

Ligation of the left innominate vein (LIV) expands the surgeon’s surgical field for ascending aorta and aortic arch procedures. Although it is considered a safe technique by most surgeons in that it is associated with only minor drawbacks, conflicting views exist regarding this method. We herein des...

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Autores principales: Schizas, Nikolaos, Patris, Vasilios, Samiotis, Ilias, Nikoli, Eleni, Lama, Niki, Argiriou, Michail
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Tehran University of Medical Sciences, 2006- 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9551258/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36304763
http://dx.doi.org/10.18502/jthc.v17i1.9322
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Sumario:Ligation of the left innominate vein (LIV) expands the surgeon’s surgical field for ascending aorta and aortic arch procedures. Although it is considered a safe technique by most surgeons in that it is associated with only minor drawbacks, conflicting views exist regarding this method. We herein describe a 70-year-old woman who underwent ascending aorta replacement due to an aneurysm with subsequent cerebral dysfunction caused by extended brain edema, possibly related to LIV ligation, leading to her death.

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