Modified reposition of the JOTEC prosthesis in the frozen elephant trunk procedure

Heart Surg Forum. 2012 Apr;15(2):E90-1. doi: 10.1532/HSF98.20111137.

Abstract

We describe a procedure in which we inserted a modified JOTEC graft following a known complication in the case of a 78-year-old male patient who underwent surgery with the frozen elephant trunk technique for an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Stents*
  • Treatment Outcome