Hybrid Treatment for Complex Aortic Problems Combining Surgery and Stenting in the Integrated Operating Theater

Abstract

The innovative combination of simultaneous conventional surgery and stenting reduces the operative burden for patients with complex aortic pathologies involving several segments of the thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta. Arch debranching and viscero-renal artery translocation may avoid the use of thoracoabdominal incisions, cardiopulmonary bypass techniques, deep hypothermia, and circulatory arrest.