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DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1705360
Open Surgery for Complications after Endovascular Repair
Publication History
Publication Date:
13 February 2020 (online)
Objectives: Endovascular repair (TEVAR) of the aorta can be associated with significant complications.
Methods: We present a video of three cases requiring open surgical repair after previous endovascular repair.
Results: The first case shows descending aortic replacement using a custom-made pericardial tube for aortoesophageal fistula post TEVAR.
The second case shows total aortic replacement with a branched Dacron’s graft in aortic archaneurysm with severe type 1 endoleak post-TEVAR.
The third case shows replacement of distal aortic arch and descending aorta with homograft after coiling of aberrant right subclavian artery.
Conclusion: Although endovascular repair is nowadays commonly applied for aortic pathologies, severe complications can arise eventually requiring open surgical repair.
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No conflict of interest has been declared by the author(s).