Key result
A modified frozen elephant trunk technique without circulatory arrest was successfully performed in an 81-year-old male, who was discharged on day 6 without neurological complications.
Why the study?
Prolonged extra-corporeal circulation time and hypothermic circulatory arrest continue to affect clinical outcomes after frozen elephant trunk surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
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A modified frozen elephant trunk technique utilizing normothermic extra-corporeal circulation without hypothermic circulatory arrest was successfully performed, demonstrating feasibility in treating an aortic arch aneurysm.
-Over the last decade, thanks to important advances in surgical techniques and methods of end-organ protection, clinical results after frozen elephant trunk (FET) surgery have progressively improved. However, prolonged extra-corporeal circulation (ECC) time and hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) continue to affect patients’ clinical outcomes (1). Here we present a modified FET technique that, by avoiding HCA, aims at further improving clinical results.
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Eusanio et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Aortic arch aneurysm (n=1). Modified frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique with normothermic extracorporeal circulation was evaluated on Clinical outcome (extubation, neurological complications, discharge). A modified frozen elephant trunk technique without circulatory arrest was successfully performed in an 81-year-old male, who was discharged on day 6 without neurological complications.
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