Frozen elephant trunk technique: Ready to get back to the future?

Facilitated aortic arch repair with the frozen elephant trunk technique.

The frozen elephant trunk, combining together surgical and endovascular techniques, has been developed to treat patients with extensive disease of the thoracic aorta. In this article, we report three cases in which the frozen elephant trunk could facilitate surgical arch repair and patients' management.

Frozen elephant trunk surgery-the Bologna's experience.

BACKGROUND Different approaches are available to treat patients with complex and extensive diseases of the thoracic aorta. This study aims to report and comment on our experience with the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique. METHODS Between January 2007 and July 2012, 122 patients (male: 86.9%; mean age: 61 years) underwent extensive thoracic aorta surgery using the FET approach with an E-v...

Angioscopy as a supplement to frozen elephant trunk treatment.

Answer to “Key points of reducing neurologic complications in frozen elephant trunk technique”

Answer to " Key points of reducing neurologic complications in frozen elephant trunk technique " Dear Editor, We appreciated the comments of the colleagues regarding our role and we completely agree with the considerations related to the need of reducing morbidity. With this in mind, we can say that all points must be addressed in order to prevent morbidity and mortality in our patients. Recent...

Distal repair using the frozen elephant trunk technique to treat an extended mycotic aneurysm of the aortic arch.

We reported successful distal repair using the frozen elephant trunk technique to treat a mycotic aneurysm extending from the ascending aorta to the descending aorta. A blood culture sample was positive for Escherichia coli, and total arch replacement with a rifampicin-bonded graft covered the omental pedicle flap.