Late surgical conversion of failed Multilayer Flow Modulator stenting in thoraco-abdominal aneurysms.
Simone SalvatiVictor BilmanAndrea MelloniDomenico BaccellieriAndrea KahlbergGermano MelissanoRoberto ChiesaBertoglio LucaPublished in: Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (2021)
Open or hybrid thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm treatment after failed endovascular aortic repair with MFM stents might be the only surgical option to address sac enlargements and ruptures or branch-related failures. However, both procedures had a poor prognosis due to both the impaired preoperative patient's status and the surgical complexity in the presented series.