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Featured Aortic Surgery Videos

Featured peer-reviewed, surgical videos in aortic surgery

Ogino H, Okita Y, Uchida N, Kato M, Miyamoto S, Matsuda H, et al. Comparative study of Japanese frozen elephant trunk device for open aortic arch repairs. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;164:1681-1692.

Total arch repair using a Japanese frozen elephant trunk device

The patient is a 75-year-old man with a distal arch aneurysm of 55 mm in size complicated with chronic type B AD. The aortic arch was approached through a partial upper sternotomy with a 10-cm skin incision. The postoperative CT scans demonstrated no remarkable abnormal findings with a nearly proper position of FET.

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Xie X-B, Dai X-F, Fang G-H, Qiu Z-H, Jiang D-B, Chen L-W. Extensive repair of acute type A aortic dissection through a partial upper sternotomy and using complete stent-graft replacement of the arch. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2022;164:1045-1052.

repair of acute type A aortic dissection through sternotomy

An “L-type” sternotomy exiting the left through the fourth ICS was performed. When the total cardiopulmonary bypass was established and the heart was stopped, the aortic root was repaired. The repaired aortic root was anastomosed to a straight Dacron tube endograft.

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Hiremath N, Bhatnagar G, Mapara K, Younes H, Park WM. Modified Branch-first Open Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm- A Technical Description. Op Tech Cardiothorac Surg. 2023:28(1);2-18.

Modified Branch-first Open Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm

We summarize the principles and important technical aspects of the modified branch first technique of TAAA repair.

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Marcondes GB, Tenorio ER, Lima GBB, Mendes BC, Oderich GS. Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Using Total Percutaneous Transfemoral Approach. Op Tech Cardiothorac Surg. 2021;26:3-19.

Branched Endovascular Aortic Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm

We describe the technical pitfalls of Fenestrated and branched endovascular aortic repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using total trans-femoral access.

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Eldeiry M, Miyamoto S, Chatfield K, Reece TB, Mitchell MB. Frozen elephant trunk aortic reconstruction in a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Tech. 2022;16:8-10.

Frozen elephant trunk aortic reconstruction in patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome

This video outlines the surgical details of the case presented of a patient with Loeys-Dietz syndrome.

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