A Simplified Method of Staging Branched Endovascular Repair of Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysms

Introduction - Branched and fenestrated stentgrafts are time-consuming and carry the risk of spinal cord ischaemia (SCI). SCI may be reduced when dividing the treatment in two stages, allowing temporary aneurysm sac perfusion (TASP).1,2 In the Cleveland experience, the thoracic stentgraft was implanted first and the abdominal/iliac and the bridging stentgrafts were implanted in the second stage.1 Staging can also be done by complete stentgrafting of the TAAA including bridging stentgrafts but leaving one gate open in the first stage.
Source: European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery - Category: Surgery Authors: Source Type: research