T M Beaver1, T D Martin. 1. Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville 32610-0286, USA. beavetm@mail.surgery.ufl.edu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Aneurysms of the ascending, arch, and descending thoracic aorta are typically managed with two operations. The first stage involves replacement of the ascending and arch aorta leaving a segment of graft in the proximal descending aorta with a mortality and stroke risk of 8%. The second stage involves replacement of the descending aorta with a mortality of 5% and a paraplegia risk of 5% to 10%. Some patients refuse surgical completion and others are at increased risk to undergo the second stage thoracotomy, leaving them with untreated descending thoracic aortic aneurysms vulnerable to rupture. A single-stage transmediastinal operation used in 14 patients is described. METHODS: Under circulatory arrest, the descending thoracic aorta is opened. A wire is passed up to the arch and a graft is brought down and secured excluding the descending thoracic aneurysm. The arch vessels are attached as a single patch and the graft is brought forward, replacing the ascending aorta. RESULTS: Fourteen patients have undergone single-stage replacement of the ascending, arch, and descending aorta with a 14% mortality rate and 14% incidence of paraplegia. CONCLUSIONS: Patients with aneurysms of the ascending, arch, and descending thoracic aorta can be managed with a single operation with comparable mortality and morbidity of the two-stage approach.
BACKGROUND:Aneurysms of the ascending, arch, and descending thoracic aorta are typically managed with two operations. The first stage involves replacement of the ascending and arch aorta leaving a segment of graft in the proximal descending aorta with a mortality and stroke risk of 8%. The second stage involves replacement of the descending aorta with a mortality of 5% and a paraplegia risk of 5% to 10%. Some patients refuse surgical completion and others are at increased risk to undergo the second stage thoracotomy, leaving them with untreated descending thoracic aortic aneurysms vulnerable to rupture. A single-stage transmediastinal operation used in 14 patients is described. METHODS: Under circulatory arrest, the descending thoracic aorta is opened. A wire is passed up to the arch and a graft is brought down and secured excluding the descending thoracic aneurysm. The arch vessels are attached as a single patch and the graft is brought forward, replacing the ascending aorta. RESULTS: Fourteen patients have undergone single-stage replacement of the ascending, arch, and descending aorta with a 14% mortality rate and 14% incidence of paraplegia. CONCLUSIONS:Patients with aneurysms of the ascending, arch, and descending thoracic aorta can be managed with a single operation with comparable mortality and morbidity of the two-stage approach.
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