Totally videoendoscopic descending thoracic aorta to femoral artery bypass.
Descending thoracic aorta to femoral artery bypass is an effective and safe procedure for the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease when an approach to the abdominal aorta is undesirable. The major limitation of this technique has resulted from the morbidity rate associated with thoracotomy in a relatively high-risk vascular surgery population. As a minimally invasive procedure, videoendoscopy has been shown to improve the patient postoperative course and comfort in the field of general and thoracic surgery. The same benefits could be expected from a videoendoscopic surgery involving the thoracic aorta. We report what we think to be the first totally videoendoscopic descending thoracic aorta to femoral artery bypass.
Fukui
Sumio
S
Department of Vascular Surgery, Fondation-Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, France. sumio_fukui@yahoo.com
Paraskevas
Nikolaos
N
Soury
Patrick
P
Gigou
Frédéric
F
Petit
Marie-Dominique
MD
Laurian
Claude
C
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005263:Femoral Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000379:methods*