Katsuhiro Yamanaka, Shota Hasegawa, Ryo Kawabata, Hironaga Shiraki, Shunya Chomei, Taishi Inoue, Takanori Tsujimoto, Shunsuke Miyahara, Hiroaki Takahashi, Kenji Okada
OBJECTIVES: To review our surgical experiences in patients with complex pathology of the aortic arch who have undergone antero-lateral thoracotomy with partial sternotomy (ALPS). METHODS: From October 2019 to November 2023, 23 patients underwent one-stage repair of complex pathology of the aortic arch through the ALPS approach. The mean age was 61.9 ± 16.7 years old. The aortic pathology was as follows: aorta-related infection in eleven (aorto-oesophageal fistula: four, graft infection: six, native aortic infection: one), aortic dissection in nine including shaggy aorta in two, non-dissecting aneurysm in one, and coarctation of the aorta (CoA) in two...
April 10, 2024: European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery