title: [Thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair using a graft with prefabricated branches].
abstract: A 55-year-old male was referred to our hospital for abdominal examination and was diagnosed as Crawford type III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm by computed tomography (CT). Reconstruction of visceral vessels was performed using a Gealweave Coselli Thoracoabdominal Graft, which is currently clinically available. This vascular prosthesis, which is prefabricated 4 branches, requires no intraoperative preparation of the side branches, and the risk of postoperative recurrent aneurysm may be reduced following individual reconstruction of all 4 visceral vessels because of limited remaining aneurismal wall. Therefore, this graft is expected to be useful for this procedure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Kamo Hospital, Toyota, Japan.
authors.forename: Takeru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shimomura
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Toyama
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tagagi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizuno
mesh_terms: D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome