Sutureless technique to support anastomosis during thoracic aorta replacement

Sutureless technique to support anastomosis during thoracic aorta replacement

BACKGROUND In aortic replacement procedures the aortic wall and Teflon strips form a double layer, with the use of continuous sutures. Surgical glues may or may not be used to enhance the durability of the anastomoses. In this technical report a modification of the aortic stumps preparation is devised.The technique reduces substantially the preparation time of the aortic stumps by the use of li...

device for sutureless aorta-saphenous vein anastomosis.

Extended replacement of the thoracic aorta.

OBJECTIVES We present our experience of total aortic arch replacement. METHODS Twenty-nine patients (21 males and 8 females; mean age 63.3 ± 13.3 years) with extended thoracic aortic aneurysms underwent graft replacement. The pathology of the diseased aorta was non-dissecting aneurysm in 11 patients, including one aortitis and aortic dissection in 18 patients (acute type A: one, chronic type ...

“Collared Anastomosis” Technique Used in Arch Replacement Combined with Frozen Elephant Trunk Implantation Procedure for Giant Arch and Thoracic Aorta Dilatation

Correspondence To the Editor: We report two cases of arch replacement combined with frozen elephant trunk implantation procedure using the collared anastomosis technique for giant arch and thoracic aorta dilatation. A 62‑year‑old hypertensive female patient was admitted because of endoleak after thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR). The patient underwent TEVAR procedure because of Stanfo...

Sutureless aortic valve replacement.

The increasing incidence of aortic stenosis and greater co-morbidities and risk profiles of the contemporary patient population has driven the development of minimally invasive aortic valve surgery and percutaneous transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) techniques to reduce surgical trauma. Recent technological developments have led to an alternative minimally invasive option which avoi...