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Modified elephant trunk technique repairs retrograde type A dissection following TEVAR for type B dissection.
This case report describes a modified elephant trunk technique for the surgical repair of retrograde type A aortic dissection following thoracic endovascular stenting.
Describes a modified elephant trunk repair for retrograde type A dissection after TEVAR; single case leaves open safety, efficacy, and generalizability.
We present a case of retrograde type A aortic dissection after thoracic endovascular stenting for acute type B aortic dissection. We describe the specifics of our surgical technique and provide a brief review of the literature.
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Estrera et al. (2009) studied this question. The modified elephant trunk technique was described as a surgical approach to repair retrograde type A aortic dissection following thoracic endovascular stenting for acute type B dissection.
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