Table 1 Patient’s characteristics
No. | Age, sex | Aortic disease | Cardiovascular surgical procedure | Continuous localized infection after surgery | Symptoms leading to diagnosis of esophageal perforation | Period from surgical procedure to esophageal perforation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 65, male | Acute aortic dissection | Total arch replacement | No | Fever | 586 days |
2 | 70, male | Aortic aneurysm | Total arch replacement | Yes | Saliva leakage into thoracic cavity | 349 days |
3 | 86, male | Rupture of aortic aneurysm | 1. TEVAR 2. Aortic replacement (descending aorta) | Yes | Hematemesis | 12 days |
4 | 82, male | Acute aortic dissection | Total arch replacement | No | Fever | 960 days |
5 | 81, male | Aortic aneurysm | 1. TEVAR 2. Aortic replacement (descending aorta) | No | None (intraoperative diagnosis of aortic replacement) | 714 days |
6 | 61, female | Infectious aortic aneurysm | Aortic replacement (descending aorta) | Yes | Back pain | 101 days |
7 | 41, male | Acute aortic dissection with Marfan syndrome | 1. Valve-sparing aortic root replacement 2. Total arch replacement 3. TEVAR | No | None (follow-up CT) | 2205 days |