The reversed and bidirectional elephant trunk technique in the treatment of complex aortic aneurysms

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 587-591

  Carrel, Thierry ^a,b   Berdat, Pascal ^a   Kipfer, Beat ^a   Eckstein, Friedrich ^a   Schmidli, Jürg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034855806     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.115924     Document Type: Article

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7. A new staged operation for extensive aortic aneurysm by means of the modified elephant trunk technique
8. Diffuse aneurysmal disease (chronic aortic dissection, Marfan and mega aorta syndromes) and multiple aneurysm: Treatment by subtotal and total aortic replacement emphasizing the elephant trunk operation
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