Modified Reposition of the JOTEC Prosthesis in the Frozen Elephant Trunk Procedure
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https://doi.org/10.1532/HSF98.20111137Abstract
We describe a procedure in which we inserted a modified JOTEC graft following a known complication in the case of a 78-year-old male patient who underwent surgery with the frozen elephant trunk technique for an acute Stanford type A aortic dissection.References
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