title: Open surgical intervention to recurrent aortic dissection after endovascular stent grafting.
abstract: We report the case of a 49-year-old man who received open-heart surgery for recurrent aortic dissection after endovascular stent grafting. Stent grafting had been successfully performed in the acute phase. Recurrent dissection became obvious 5 months later, and at the same time, aneurysmal change was detected between the left subclavian artery and the proximal end of the stent graft. We employed a "Y arch" surgical procedure and "elephant trunk" technique to treat, and the entry tear was completely sealed and the aneurysm was excluded by elephant trunk segment. We believe that this approach could be a new option for treatment for complicated aortic aneurysms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kitasato University School of Medicine, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan. machii@med.kitasato-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masato
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Machii
authors.forename: Kuniyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imai
authors.forename: Zong Bo
authors.initials: ZB
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Kyouichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: Hirokuni
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D004868:Equipment Failure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence; D015607:Stents