title: Totally videoendoscopic descending thoracic aorta-to-femoral artery bypass.
abstract: 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. In 2003 we reported the first case of a totally videoendoscopic descending thoracic aorta-to-femoral artery bypass procedure. In this article we report our additional experience with and the modifications we have made to this technique.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Clinique Alleray-Labrouste, Paris, France. sumio_fukui@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sumio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Fukui
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paraskevas
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soury
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gigou
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects