title: Modified elephant trunk technique for chronic aortic dissection: the "double elephant trunk".
abstract: The most widely used technique for chronic dissection of the aortic arch and thoracoabdominal aorta is the "elephant trunk" (ET). A technique, in which an original modification of the ET technique was necessary to avoid visceral malperfusion due to the obliteration of the patent false lumen from where splanchnic arteries arose, is presented.
authors: Department of Cardiac Surgery, S. Maria Della Misericordia Hospital, Perugia, Italy.
authors: Uberto
authors: U
authors: Da Col
authors: Enrico
authors: E
authors: Ramoni
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome