Konstantinos P Donas Author
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Chimney Technique, Juxtarenal Saccular Aortic Aneurysms
Department of Surgery, Yaounde General Hospital Yaounde, Cameroun
Department of Surgery, Yaounde General Hospital Yaounde, Cameroun To present the utility of the chimney technique combined with tube grafts in the management of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms (JAAAs) of saccular shape with long distal neck. Case reports: Three patients, one female and two males presented with symptomatic JAAAs.
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Author(s): Marcus Fokou, Konstantinos P Donas, Martin Austermann, Arne Schwindt and Giovanni Torsello
Use of Tube Stent-Grafts Combined with the Chimney Technique in Juxtarenal Saccular Aortic Aneurysms with Sufficient Distal Neck
Purpose: To present the utility of the chimney technique combined with tube grafts in the management of juxtarenal aortic aneurysms (JAAAs) of saccular shape with long distal neck. Case reports: Three patients, one female and two males presented with symptomatic JAAAs. The CT angiography reveled saccular JAAAs with a proximal neck of < 9 mm and a distal neck with > 20mm in all cases. The therapeutic approach was based on the morphologic characteri... view moreĀ»