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Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Repair after Failed Endovascular Abdominal Aneurysm Repair Without Endograft Removal
Author(s) -
Stamou Sotiris C.,
Kouchoukos Nicholas T.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2010.01089.x
Subject(s) - medicine , endovascular aneurysm repair , aneurysm , surgery , abdominal aortic aneurysm , aortic aneurysm , radiology
Open surgical repair after failed endovascular aneurysm repair usually involves complete aneurysm removal and replacement with a prosthetic surgical graft. We describe an alternative strategy of open surgical repair of a thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair after failed endovascular aneurysm repair that entails preserving the functioning portion of the endograft and sewing the thoracoabdominal graft on the existing abdominal endograft . (J Card Surg 2010;25:554‐556)