title: Surgical technique of total arch replacement for failed thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
abstract: Since its introduction in the 1990s, the number of thoracic endovascular aortic repairs is increasing rapidly. However, data on the operative method for reoperation after failed thoracic endovascular aortic repairs are still scanty. We describe the surgical technique of total arch replacement with partial stent removal and the elephant trunk procedure for failed thoracic endovascular aortic repair.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Tokyo Medical University, 6-7-1 Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-0023, Japan. y.iida@vanilla.ocn.ne.jp
authors.forename: Yasunori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iida
authors.forename: Yukio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Obitsu
authors.forename: Nobusato
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Yoshihiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yokoi
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawaguchi
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shigematsu
mesh_terms: D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D015607:Stents; D019616:Thoracic Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods