Dr. Sun's Procedure for Type A Aortic Dissection: Total Arch Replacement Using Tetrafurcate Graft With Stented Elephant Trunk Implantation

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Wei-Guo Ma¹  Jun Zheng¹  Yong-Min Liu¹  Jun-Ming Zhu¹  Li-Zhong Sun¹ 

[1] Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Beijing Aortic Disease Center, Capital Medical University

关键词: Aorta;    Dissection;    Stent;    Graft;    Surgery;   

DOI  :  10.12945/j.aorta.2013.13.015

来源: Thieme

【 摘 要 】

Sun's procedure is a modified elephant trunk technique that integrates the advantages of open surgical and endovascular repairs as a treatment of type A aortic dissection. It is named after Dr. Li-Zhong Sun and refers to total arch replacement using a four-branched graft with implantation of a special stented endovascular graft. Since its introduction, it has produced excellent early and late clinical outcomes. We present a video of this procedure and make an overview regarding the technical aspects, surgical indications, and clinical outcomes of Sun's procedure.

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