Patients
This retrospective study was approved by our local ethics committee.
Data was collected prospectively in our institutional database. From
October 2013 to December 2019, 56 consecutive patients underwent a
complete aortic arch replacement using the E-vita Open hybrid
prosthesis. All the procedures were performed by two experienced
surgeons. Main underlying diseases were degenerative aneurysm (n=27) and
type A acute aortic dissection (n=18). Patients characteristics are
presented in Table 1.
As we gained experience (Figure 1), indications expanded to more complex
diseases, and the technique was standardized. We compared the surgical
technique and operative results between our early (Group I, October
2013-December 2017, n=25) and late experience (Group II, January
2018-December 2019, n=31).