Key result
The Russian Conduit is a novel surgical technique combining the Bentall and Ozaki procedures for concomitant ascending aorta replacement and aortic valve neocuspidization.
Why the study?
Prosthetic aortic valves have inherent durability limitations, and while aortic valve neocuspidization has emerged as an alternative, its combination with ascending aorta replacement has not been widely adopted.
The paper provides a detailed step-by-step description of a novel surgical technique combining the Bentall and Ozaki procedures for treating concomitant aortic valve and ascending aorta disease.
Novel combined aortic technique may expand options; leaves open durability and outcome validation in larger cohorts.
In aortic valve disease cases, prosthetic valves have been used for valve replacement, however, these prostheses have inherent problems, and their quality in some countries is lower comparing to new-generation models, causing shorter durability. Aortic valve neocuspidization (AVNeo) has emerged as an option, which can be applied to a wide spectrum of these diseases. Despite the promising results, this procedure is not widely spread among cardiac surgeons yet. We developed a surgical technique combining Bentall and Ozaki procedures to treat patients with concomitant ascending aorta replacement and AVNeo and we describe it in this paper.
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Комаров et al. (2019) studied Aortic valve disease and ascending aorta disease. The Russian Conduit (Combining Bentall and Ozaki Procedures) was evaluated. The Russian Conduit is a novel surgical technique combining the Bentall and Ozaki procedures for concomitant ascending aorta replacement and aortic valve neocuspidization.
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