The investigators investigate the feasibility and safety of using cryopreserved aortic patches for tracheal or bronchial defect repair.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
10
After identifying the tracheal or bronchial defect with standard surgical techniques, the airway gap is reconstructed with a patch of human cryopreserved (-80 celsius degree) aortic allograft, which was not matched by the ABO and leukocyte antigen systems. The anastomosis is performed with standard technique for airway anastomosis. An silicon stent is inserted to prevent collapse for the aortic graft.
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNational Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan
RECRUITING90-day mortality
The rate of death at 90 days.
Time frame: 90 days
90-day morbidity
The occurrence of complication including 1) anastomotic leakage, 2) pneumonia, 3) difficult weaning, 4) airway obstruction by granulation tissue, 5) stenosis.
Time frame: 90 days
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