title: An Important but Forgotten Technique: Aortic Fenestration.
abstract: Aortic fenestration is a technique that treats organ ischemia in descending aortic dissection. Open surgical aortic fenestration is an effective yet uncommonly used and widely forgotten procedure. Here, we describe 2 patients suffering from chronic thoracoabdominal aortic dissection, and we aimed to identify under what circumstances surgical aortic fenestration should be applied, to assess its safety and efficacy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey. Electronic address: mihribandemir33@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Mihriban
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Kaptan Derya
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Tayfur
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ordu State Hospital, Ordu, Turkey.
authors.forename: Melih
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Urkmez
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D002908:Chronic Disease; D000072226:Computed Tomography Angiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D016896:Treatment Outcome