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The frozen elephant trunk technique may facilitate surgical arch repair in patients with extensive thoracic aortic disease.
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.
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