Thoracic Aortic Stents: a Combined Solution for Complex Cases
Objectives: the combination of endovascular and standard surgical techniques may facilitate the management of complex aortic disease although the long-term durability of this approach needs to be confirmed. Design: a retrospective review of our experience in the treatment of patients with complex ao...
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Published in | European journal of vascular and endovascular surgery Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 423 - 427 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
England
Elsevier Ltd
01.11.2002
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Summary: | Objectives:
the combination of endovascular and standard surgical techniques may facilitate the management of complex aortic disease although the long-term durability of this approach needs to be confirmed.
Design:
a retrospective review of our experience in the treatment of patients with complex aortic pathology using a combined endovascular and surgical approach.
Materials and methods:
between 1998 and 2001, 27 patients with thoracic aortic aneurysm underwent stent-graft implantation. Eight required combined endovascular and surgical procedure because of complex pathology. In 3 cases, combined repair was carried out for a concomitant abdominal aortic aneurysm or aorto-iliac-femoral occlusive disease. In the other 5 cases, vessel relocation was performed to obtain safe landing zones: left subclavian artery to left carotid artery translocation in 3 patients, celiac trunk to superior mesenteric artery translocation in one and aorto-celiac-mesenteric bypass grafting in one.
Results:
one of the 8 patients died on 12th post-operative day of intestinal bleeding and bowel infarction. No neurological sequelae were reported. The other patients are currently well at 11 months mean follow-up time.
Conclusions:
simultaneous surgical and endovascular procedure is a feasible and may be a valuable adjunct to the treatment of complex aortic and peripheral vessel anatomy. |
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ISSN: | 1078-5884 1532-2165 |
DOI: | 10.1053/ejvs.2002.1687 |