The frozen elephant trunk: an interesting hybrid endovascular-surgical technique to treat complex pathologies of the thoracic aorta

Schoenhoff, Florian S; Schmidli, Juerg; Eckstein, Friedrich S; Berdat, Pascal A; Immer, Franz F; Carrel, Thierry P (2007). The frozen elephant trunk: an interesting hybrid endovascular-surgical technique to treat complex pathologies of the thoracic aorta. Journal of vascular surgery, 45(3), pp. 597-9. Amsterdam: Elsevier 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.10.038

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The treatment of complex aortic pathologies involving the ascending aorta, the aortic arch, and the descending aorta remains a challenging issue in aortic surgery. The frozen elephant trunk procedure effectively combines surgical and interventional technologies in the treatment of extensive aortic aneurysms and dissections. We present two patients with complex aortic lesions involving all three segments of the thoracic aorta. The device used in our series is the new E-vita open hybrid prosthesis consisting of a proximal woven polyester tube and a distal self-expandable nitinol stent graft, which can be delivered antegrade into the descending aorta.

Item Type:	Journal Article (Further Contribution)
Division/Institute:	04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Heart Surgery
UniBE Contributor:	Schönhoff, Florian, Schmidli, Jürg, Eckstein, Friedrich Stefan, Berdat, Pascal, Immer, Franz Ferdinand, Carrel, Thierry
ISSN:	0741-5214
ISBN:	17321346
Publisher:	Elsevier
Language:	English
Submitter:	Factscience Import
Date Deposited:	04 Oct 2013 14:56
Last Modified:	27 Feb 2024 14:29
Publisher DOI:	10.1016/j.jvs.2006.10.038
PubMed ID:	17321346
Web of Science ID:	000244547900031
URI:	https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/23959 (FactScience: 45425)