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Ann Thorac Surg 1989;47:580-585
© 1989 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Extrathoracic and transthoracic management of vascular disease of the aortic arch branches: A 16-year experience

Carlo Farina, MD, Antonio V. Sterpetti, MD, Richard D. Schultz, MD*, Richard J. Feldhaus, MD, Kathy Davenport, RN, RVT

Department of Surgery, Creighton University, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Accepted for publication October 25, 1988.

* Address reprint requests to Dr Schultz, Department of Surgery, 601 N 30th St, Omaha, NE 68131.

To determine factors influencing results of operation for proximal brachiocephalic arterial disease, a 16-year review of 74 consecutive patients was undertaken. A total of 62 subclavian, 14 common carotid, 6 innominate, and 2 vertebral arteries were revascularized during 79 procedures. The approach was transthoracic in 12 operations and extrathoracic in 67. Mean follow-up was 57 ± 45 months. Two patients (2.5%) died of stroke after extrathoracic revascularization of the common carotid artery. Cumulative 5-year and 10-year freedom from neurological events was 81% and 75%, respectively. The best results were obtained with transthoracic procedures, with revascularization of the subclavian artery rather than the common carotid artery, and in operations performed in patients without associated distal carotid disease. In view of the recent progress in operative techniques and postoperative surgical care, the choice between the transthoracic approach and the extrathoracic approach should not be biased; rather, they should remain equal and viable alternatives based on anatomical and clinical features of the individual patients.






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