AIM: To describe the long-term experience of a simplified frozen @entity7105 trunk technique (sFETT) used in complicated acute @entity1580 (AAAD) treatment. METHODS AND RESULTS: Between January 2001 and December 2012, 34 @entity1 (mean age 59.9        11.0 years) with complicated AAAD (DeBakey I) underwent an emergency surgery including sFETT. sFETT consisted in gluing the dissected aortic arch wall layers with gelatine- @entity15603 adhesive and video-assisted antegrade open arch aortic stent-graft deployment in the arch or proximal descending aorta. In addition to sFETT, the aortic root was addressed with standard techniques. A 30-day mortality was 14.7% (five @entity1 ) due to bleeding (1), @entity881 (2), and @entity63 (2). Postoperative morbidity included @entity16 (4), as well as wound infection (1). Mean follow-up was 74.4        45.0 months. Actual survival rates were 73.5% at 1 year, 70.2% at 5 years, and 58.5% at 13 years of follow-up. Six @entity1 died during long-term follow-up from @entity712 (1) and unknown reasons (5). Five @entity1 required reoperation for aortic arch (3) or aorto-iliac (2) progression of @entity439 during the mid- and long-term follow-up. The remaining @entity1 showed favorable evolution of the dissected aorta with false @entity432 in most cases and stable aortic diameters. CONCLUSIONS: In AAAD @entity1 , sFETT as used in our series is an easy and safe technique to repair the aortic arch. Long-term results after sFETT showed false @entity432 and stable aortic diameter in up to 13 years of follow-up.

Long-term results of simplified frozen XXXX trunk technique in complicated acute @entity1580 : A case-control study.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity712 :: ('MESH:D006333', 'Disease') :: ['heart failure'] @entity63 :: ('MESH:D007511', 'Disease') :: ['colon ischemia'] @entity16 :: ('MESH:D009422', 'Disease') :: ['neurological (2), renal (1) and cardio-pulmonary complications'] @entity15603 :: ('MESH:C031389', 'Chemical') :: ['resorcinol'] @entity7105 :: ('9783', 'Species') :: ['elephant'] @entity439 :: ('MESH:D000783', 'Disease') :: ['aneurysm'] @entity881 :: ('MESH:D009102', 'Disease') :: ['multiple organ failure'] @entity432 :: ('MESH:D001157', 'Disease') :: ['lumen occlusion'] @entity1580 :: ('MESH:C562834', 'Disease') :: ['type A aortic dissection']
@entity7105 :: (9783,Species) :: ['elephant']
