An editorial discussing the challenges of the false lumen in the endovascular management of chronic type B aortic dissections and a novel electrocautery-wire septotomy technique.
This editorial discusses a novel electrocautery-wire septotomy technique for managing the false lumen in chronic type B aortic dissections.
In this issue, Kabbani et al. describe a novel technique of “electrocautery-wire” septotomy.1 The false lumen is one of the most vexing problems in the endovascular management of chronic type B aortic dissections (cTBAD). For years, conventional principles of endograft fixation and seal for degenerative aneurysms have been applied to dissections only to result in suboptimal late outcomes and need for multiple secondary interventions. Except for some rare instances where the dissection spares a segment of the distal aortoiliac anatomy, the false lumen extends the entirety of the thoracoabdominal aorta and beyond into the iliac arteries.
W Anthony Lee (Thu,) conducted a editorial in chronic type B aortic dissections (cTBAD). electrocautery-wire septotomy was evaluated. An editorial discussing the challenges of the false lumen in the endovascular management of chronic type B aortic dissections and a novel electrocautery-wire septotomy technique.