During an article review, with the title "results of the gore® hybrid vascular graft in challenging aortic branch revascularization during complex aneurysm repair", published in the journal annals of vascular surgery in 2015 from nikolaos tsilimparis, md et all, following was noted: a retrospective analysis of 12 patients treated with the gore® hybrid vascular graft was performed.Indication for gore® hybrid vascular graft implantation included difficult access to target vessel and surgeon's decision to reduce organ ischemia time during revascularization.The procedures in which the gore® hybrid vascular graft was considered were visceral debranching procedures prior to thoracoabdominal stent-grafting, as well as challenging revascularization of renal and hypogastric arteries.Within a 26-month period 25 gore® hybrid grafts were implanted in 12 patients.Technical success was achieved in all cases.Beside this information, following was reported: in one case, a side branch of the renal artery perfusing a third of the ipsilateral kidney was covered with the stent graft of the gore® hybrid vascular graft, thus resulting in partial infarction of the respective kidney segment without relevant worsening of renal function.
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