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This is the skin incision for a left thoracoabdominal approach for a type IV or type III thoroabdominal aortic aneurysm open repair. The patient is …
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Re-approximating the divided diaphragm after a left thoracoabdominal incision is not that easy. Running or interrupting suturing?
Continue ReadingRoof-top approach for a type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm
We operated on a 68 year-old male patient who presented with a symptomatic type IV thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA). He had a history of a …
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