Evidence-based frozen elephant trunk practice: a narrative review.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objective

The frozen elephant trunk (FET) allows a single-stage repair of complex arch pathologies due to its stented and non-stented hybrid prosthesis (HP) features. FET inherently has its own related complications including distal stent graft-induced new entry (dSINE), failure of aortic remodelling, endoleak, reintervention, and kinking of the stent. The aim of this narrative review is to discuss the latest evidence regarding the postoperative clinical outcomes of the FET procedure. Another aim is to provide an overview of results achieved using different FET devices on the global arch prostheses market.

Methods

A comprehensive literature search was conducted using multiple electronic databases to identify and extract the relevant data and information.

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SUBMITTER: Kayali F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10753235 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature