Removal of a frozen elephant trunk using a polyvinyl tube

The increasing use of total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk (FET) is expected to lead to an increase in the prevalence of graft infections requiring replacement involving an FET, which is generally a more invasive procedure than the initial surgery. Herein, we describe a novel method for...

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Autores principales: Inaba, Yusuke, Minegishi, Sachito, Endo, Hidehito, Kubota, Hiroshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Nature Singapore 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9016002/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35246777
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11748-022-01790-x
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Sumario:The increasing use of total arch replacement and frozen elephant trunk (FET) is expected to lead to an increase in the prevalence of graft infections requiring replacement involving an FET, which is generally a more invasive procedure than the initial surgery. Herein, we describe a novel method for FET removal using a polyvinyl tube as the storage device. The procedure is completed using the same median sternotomy approach as the initial surgery. We report on the outcomes for six patients. Our procedure is simple to perform and safe and caused no injury to the aorta in our case series. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s11748-022-01790-x.

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