Innominate artery rupture after transcervical drainage for descending necrotizing mediastinitis Hideo Ichimura, MD, Shigemi Ishikawa, MD, Yuji Hiramatsu, MD, Yuzuru Sakakibara, MD, Masataka Onizuka, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 71, Issue 3, Pages 1028-1030 (March 2001) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02439-5
Fig 1 Contrast-enhanced CT scan at the level of the oropharynx showing diffuse thickening with air bubbles in the retropharynx and the left carotid space (arrows). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1028-1030DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02439-5)
Fig 2 Illustration showing the route of the transcervical tube drainage. (SVC = superior vena cava; PA = pulmonary artery.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1028-1030DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02439-5)
Fig 3 Drawing showing surgical repair for innominate artery disruption. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2001 71, 1028-1030DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(00)02439-5)