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  • Title: [Use of a balloon occlusion catheter for descending aortic aneurysm after total arch replacement using the elephant trunk technique].
    Author: Kumano H, Yuda A, Yamaguchi A, Endo M, Ueno H, Ishii Y, Katagiri S, Mochizuki A.
    Journal: Kyobu Geka; 2006 Nov; 59(12):1082-5. PubMed ID: 17094545.
    Abstract:
    A 74-year-old man who had previously undergone prosthetic graft replacement of the total aortic arch using the elephant trunk technique and of the abdominal aorta was admitted to our hospital for surgical treatment of descending aortic aneurysm. Computed tomography (CT) on admission revealed descending aortic aneurysm of 6.5 cm in diameter, and the previously placed prosthetic graft was detected in the aneurysm. Surgery for the descending aorta was performed under femoro-femoral partial bypass. During the operation, a balloon occlusion catheter introduced through the right brachial artery into the 'elephant trunk' graft was inflated before the aneurysm was opened, then the previously placed prosthetic graft was cross-clamped and the descending aorta was replaced with a new prosthetic graft with usual fashion. The postoperative course was uneventful.
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