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European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Vol 6, 517-518, Copyright © 1992 by European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery

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Oesophageal erosion of an Angelchik prosthesis: surgical management using fundoplication

SF Purkiss, VA Argano, J Kuo and CT Lewis
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Royal London Trust, Whitechapel, London, UK.

Complications following insertion of the Angelchik prosthesis are becoming increasingly recognised. We report a 35-year-old patient with both mediastinal migration and intraluminal oesophageal erosion of a prosthesis. Successful management included transthoracic removal combined with a modified onlay fundoplication over the oesophageal defect to prevent gastro-oesophageal reflux.

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