A 40-year-old postcraniotomy patient was undergoing comprehensive reha bilitation at our hospital when he suddenly had massive bleeding from a tra cheo-innominate artery fistula that complicated a low tracheostomy. Successful surgical repair was achieved with an arterial wrap fashioned from a portion of the thymus. To our knowledge, this technique has never been used before.
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