Surgical outcomes of total arch replacement with modified elephant trunk technique in type A aortic dissection: insights from single-center experience
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DOI: 10.1177/02184923211070115
Abstract: Background Total arch replacement with modified elephant trunk technique plays an important role in treating acute type A aortic dissection in China. We aim to summarize the therapeutic effects of this procedure in our center… read more here.
Keywords: modified elephant; replacement modified; arch replacement; trunk technique ... See more keywords
＜Editors’ Choice＞ Which is superior, the frozen elephant trunk technique alone or the classical elephant trunk technique followed by second-stage thoracic endovascular aortic repair for extensive aortic arch repair?
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DOI: 10.18999/nagjms.82.4.657
Abstract: ABSTRACT Paraplegia is one of the most devastating complications during extensive aortic arch repair. We retrospectively analyzed our results by comparing primary repair using the frozen elephant trunk technique (FET) and the classical elephant trunk… read more here.
Keywords: aortic arch; trunk technique; elephant trunk; repair ... See more keywords
The frozen elephant trunk technique for treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysm with Japanese-made open stent graft: FROZENIX
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DOI: 10.21037/jovs.2018.08.18
Abstract: This video case report described a 79-year-old male who was diagnosed to have a fusiform aneurysm located in the distal arch and chronic type B aortic dissection. An arch aneurysm was 55 mm in diameter… read more here.
Keywords: elephant trunk; technique treatment; aneurysm; frozen elephant ... See more keywords