The tube replaces and reinforces the diseased aortic wall, ensuring continuity of blood flow while preventing further expansion of the aorta, aortic rupture, and/or aortic dissection.   

The potential benefits of the procedure include greatly reduced risk, a shorter hospital stay, and a more rapid recovery.

_Not all aneurysms can be repaired by means of endovascular stenting alone. Hybrid procedures use endovascular stenting along with open surgery to take advantage of the benefits of each while minimizing the limitations and related risks.  Often, hybrid procedures can be custom designed for the patient in an effort to decrease size of the incision, duration of the procedure, and avoid the need to stop blood flow to the heart and/or brain. This is intended to  improve recovery and ensure the best possible outcome for the patient.

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_Another example of a two-stage approach.  Using a minimally invasive  endovascular technique, greatly minimizes hepatic,  intestinal and renal ischemia-reperfusion injury while  effectively repairing this complex aortic aneurysm. The case illustrates the unique expertise afforded by the UCCAD team in dealing with straightforward, as well as complex,  aortic pathology in proximity to or involving the aortic branches.

The images to the left depict the aneurysm before and after intervention of a 68-year-old male found to have a large 6 cm dumbbell-shaped aortic aneurysm involving the celiac, superior  mesenteric and renal arteries (Figure 1, prior to repair).  The aortic aneurysm was treated using a two-stage  strategy. First the visceral vessels blood supply was  rerouted via a bypass with four limbs from the common  iliac artery, thereby debranching the aneurysm. This prepared the aortic aneurysm for eventual exclusion with  stent grafting from the distal thoracic aorta to the iliac  artery (Figure 2, following repair). The patient had an  uncomplicated recovery and quickly returned to his usual daily activities.