Convenient and accurate landing technique for the frozen elephant trunk

Ann Vasc Surg. 2007 Jul;21(4):512-4. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2006.07.010. Epub 2007 May 17.

Abstract

Accurate distal landing is essential to avoid paraplegia while performing the frozen elephant trunk technique (FETT). A 72-year-old man who had a hippocampus-shape aneurysm in the descending aorta was successfully treated by the FETT with a certain and sophisticated method to position the Stent graft precisely using a 16-F nephrostomy balloon catheter. No cerebrospinal complications were observed postoperatively, and computed tomography did not reveal any endleakage.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Male
  • Radiography, Interventional
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods