The following published article was reviewed: 'outcomes of endovascular repair of chronic postdissection compared with degenerative thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms using fenestrated-branched stent grafts'; emanuel r.Tenorio, md, phd,a gustavo s.Oderich, md,a mark a.Farber, md,b darren b.Schneider, md,c carlos h.Timaran, md,d andres schanzer, md,e adam w.Beck, md,f fernando motta, md,b and matthew p.Sweet, md,g on behalf of the u.S.Fenestrated and branched aortic research consortium investigators, rochester,minn; chapel hill, nc; new york, ny; dallas, tex;worcester,mass; birmingham, ala; and seattle, wash; presented at the 2018 vascular annual meeting of the society for vascular surgery, boston, mass, june 20-23, 2018; 0741-5214; society for vascular surgery.Published by elsevier inc.; https://doi.Org/10.1016/j.Jvs.2019.10.091.The objective of this study was to analyze outcomes of fenestrated-branched endovascular aneurysm repair (f/bevar) for treatment of postdissection and degenerative thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (taaas).There were 50 patients (21%) treated for postdissection taaas and 190 (79%) who had degenerative taaas.There were 137 male patients (57%) and 103 female patients (42%), with mean age of 72 years.The article reported that among patients with postdissection taaas, the most common indications for aortic reinterventions were endoleak in 13 patients (76%; 2 type ic (iliac occluder), 2 type ib (distal), 2 type ii (sac filling), 3 type iiic (visceral vessel), and 4 combined) and other branch-related problems in 3 patients (18%).Four patients had multiple aortic reinterventions to treat endoleak or branch stenosis.The article is unclear regarding which devices were used.Note: the article reports the following stents were used as fenestration bridging stents: icast (343), fluency (1), viabahn (3), vbx (2), other (1).The article also reports the following stents were used as directional branch bridging stents icast (116), fluency (97), viabahn (206), vbx (113), other (6).
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