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Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2/2019

01-06-2019 | Review Article

Open aortic arch surgery: the gold standard method

Authors: Amer Harky, Mohamad Bashir, Athanasios Antoniou, Haris Bilal

Published in: Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery | Special Issue 2/2019

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Abstract

Aortic arch pathologies are complex and treating them requires close team collaboration and technical skills to provide safe outcomes with low morbidity and mortality rates. Such challenges are facing both aortic and vascular surgeons. Open aortic arch repair has been the standard method of practice in all cases of aortic arch pathologies for the last four decades since the very first successful published case series by Griepp et al. during 1975. However, since then, repair of multi-segmented thoracic aortic pathologies has been explored through endovascular techniques; this is with or without open repair as a one-stage procedure especially in high-risk and elderly patients. Although the role of endovascular techniques in thoracoabdominal aorta is well established, its utilization as solo technique in aortic arch pathologies remains debatable. In this review, we highlight current evidences behind using open, endovascular, and hybrid procedures in aortic arch surgery.
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Metadata
Title
Open aortic arch surgery: the gold standard method
Authors
Amer Harky
Mohamad Bashir
Athanasios Antoniou
Haris Bilal
Publication date
01-06-2019
Publisher
Springer Singapore
Published in
Indian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery / Issue Special Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0970-9134
Electronic ISSN: 0973-7723
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12055-018-0732-1

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