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Surgical resection of an unusual Kommerell's diverticulum and descending aorta replacement was successfully performed without extracorporeal circulation.
Demonstrates the feasibility of off-pump surgical resection and descending aorta replacement for an unusual variation of Kommerell's diverticulum.
Successful off-pump repair feasible in this rare case; leaves open generalizability and comparative outcomes.
We report the case of an unusual variation of a Kommerell's diverticulum in a left aortic arch with an aberrant left subclavian artery, associated with dilatation of the distal aortic arch, surgically treated without the use of extracorporeal circulation.
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Nicolò et al. (2016) studied this question. Surgical resection of an unusual Kommerell's diverticulum and descending aorta replacement was successfully performed without extracorporeal circulation.
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