An alternate solution for the treatment of ascending aortic aneurysms: the wrapping technique.
BACKGROUND
The aortic Dacron wrapping technique is a surgical technique used under certain circumstances in cases of ascending aorta dilatation. Herein, we are presenting our experience on the method performed on multimorbid patients who denied major aortic surgery.


METHODS
We included in our series 7 patients (5 male-2 female) with mild to moderate ascending aortic dilatation, who were operated with the wrapping technique. One patient was submitted to biological aortic valve replacement during the same procedure. The number of conventionally operated patients during the same period (2 years) was 21.


RESULTS
Mortality during the 18-months follow-up control was 0%. One patient had to be operated with biological aortic valve replacement 18 months after the initial wrapping operation, although the diameter of her ascending aorta remained stable.


CONCLUSIONS
The Dacron wrapping technique is a method that can alternatively be used in multimorbid patients with mild to moderate ascending aortic dilatation without dissecting elements and has generally good results.
Georgios I
GI
Tagarakis
Dimos
D
Karangelis
Andony J
AJ
Baddour
Marios E
ME
Daskalopoulos
Vassilios T
VT
Liouras
Dimitrios
D
Papadopoulos
Konstantinos
K
Stamoulis
Stefania S
SS
Lampoura
Nikolaos B
NB
Tsilimingas
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D004108:Dilatation, Pathologic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates
D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates