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Description of event according to initial reporter: difficult removing the trigging wires.The graft jumped back really far according to the ct.The physician was able to re-advance it and get the graft within 5mm's of the intended target landing zone.During this process, one of the stents enfolded on itself (this caused a loss of graft length).The graft was ultimately placed successfully and laid flat according to follow-up ct images.21sep2021: additional info received: once the safety portion was unscrewed, the wire would not release out of the devise.The physician had to pull extremely hard to remove them.Patient outcome: had to go back couple days later due to leak.The physician had to perform a full de-branching.An additional stent was placed.Had a hard time waking the patient up.The final outcome is that the patient did not survive.The patient expired.
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