Surgery is Still Alive in Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm-Juniper Publishers
JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY & CARDIOVASCULAR THERAPY Abstract Introduction: The surgical treatment of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm is changing in response to the advent of endovascular treatment; however, not all of patients are candidates for it. The choice of the surgical technique isessential at the moment of taking these patients to conventional surgery. Case Report: A 25-year-old female patient with a symptomatic descending thoracic aortic aneurysm of 54 x 53 mm after coarctation surgery of the aorta in childhood who was operated in a conventional manner through complete circulatory arrest. She was discharged at 5 postoperative days without central or peripheral neurological complications. Conclusion: Aneurysm after aortic coarctation surgery is a late complication known. The most serious complications of conventional repair of these have been neurological, both central and peripheral. With the technique proposed by Dr....