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264 Elefteriades and Griepp<br />

Natural Behavior <strong>of</strong> 100 Consecutive,<br />

Type B <strong>Aortic</strong> Dissections<br />

6 <strong>Aortic</strong><br />

9 Died<br />

3 Non-aortic<br />

100 Patients<br />

12 Expansion<br />

4 Uncontrolled pain<br />

8 Rupture<br />

91 Survived<br />

31 Complicated 60 Uncomplicated<br />

6 Retrograde dissection<br />

Vascular complications:<br />

5 renal, 5 spinal cord<br />

5 lower extremity<br />

2 abdominal<br />

Figure 10 Outcome <strong>of</strong> 100 acute descending aortic dissections. Note relative benignity<br />

<strong>of</strong> outcome compared to ascending dissection. Source: From Ref. 23.<br />

Figure 11 The fenestration operation. A retroperitoneal approach is made (A). The infrarenal<br />

aorta is exposed (B). The aorta is transected (C). A large flap is removed from the<br />

upper portion (fenestration) (D). The distal aorta is reconstituted by reapproximating the<br />

dissected layers by simple suture. The two ends <strong>of</strong> the transected aorta—the upper fenestrated<br />

end and the lower reconstituted end—are reattached by running suture (E). No graft<br />

material is required. No perfusion adjuncts are required.

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