title: Thoracic stent grafts with a distal fenestration for the celiac axis.
abstract: Descending thoracic aneurysms can be treated with a stent graft provided that there is sufficient proximal and distal aortic neck length above the celiac axis. One of the options for the treatment of thoracic aneurysms with a too short distal neck is described in this report. For this purpose, a stent graft was constructed with a scallop for the celiac axis. Three cases are presented, and the technical details are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands. i.tielliu@chir.umcg.nl
authors.forename: Ignace F J
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Tielliu
authors.forename: Eric L G
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
authors.forename: Clark J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Zeebregts
authors.forename: Ted R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Prins
authors.forename: Jan J A M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: van den Dungen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002445:Celiac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome