• Endovascular Salvage of Dysfunctional Autogenous Vascular Access
    Ahmed M. Almahrouky , Mohamed Rafik
  • Radiofrequency vs Laser Ablation for Great Saphenous Reflux Under Regional Femoral Nerve Block
    Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Fatma Zeinhom² & Wesam El-Din Sultan³
  • Duplex Guided Angioplasty for Femoro-popliteal Arterial Occlusive Diseases; Feasibility and Short-term Outcomes
    Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
  • Mammographic Assessment of Fat Graft Retention Volume in Aesthetic Breast Cases: A Quantitative and Qualitative Tool
    Ahmed Nawar1, Waleed Reda1, Ahmed Safwat1, Sahar Mansour2
  • The Normal Variations of the Caliber of Oesophageal Hiatus in Adults
    Mohamed Saber MSc, Tarek Hegazy MD,MRCS
  • Endovenous Laser Versus Radiofrequency Ablation of Great Saphenous Vein: Early Postoperative Results
    Hossam Elmahdy; Waleed Eldaly; Hussein Elwan; Baker Ghoneim
  • Gastric Volvulus Complicating Hiatal Hernia
    Ahmed H. Ali FRCS and Hany Rafik MD
  • Abdominal Component Separation in Cases of Wound Dehiscence with Evisceration (Burst Abdomen)
    Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS, Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS
  • Study of reoperation after Pancreatico-duodenectomy
    Abd Elrahman Elmaraghy, Mahmoud Saad Farahat and Mohammed abdo MD
  • Effect of Preoperative Dexamethasone before Total Thyroidectomy on Postoperative Nausea, Vomiting, Pain and Voice Dysfunction
    Mahmoud Saad1, Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh1and Safaa Refaat El-Sady2
  • Harmonic Scalpel versus Conventional Hemostatic Technique in Patients with Thyrotoxicosis undergoing Total Thyroidectomy
    Ahmed H. Ali,FRCS
  • The Genetic Association of VKORC1 (-1639G<A) Polymorphism with Warfarin Dose Requirements among Egyptian Patients with Venous Thromboembolism
    1Amr Mohamed Salem, 2Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar, 2Sahar Ahmed El Shafei, 3Omaima Gaber Yassine, 2Eman Farouk Safwat
  • Endoscopic Transaxillary Silicone Gel Filled Breast Augmentation: Early Experience in Egyptian Females
    Shehab Soliman , Ahmed F. Aborady
  • Therapeutic Laparoscopy from the Start Vs Diagnostic Laparoscopy First for Acute Abdomen: Would Outcomes Differ?
    Mr. Ayman M. A. Osman1 MD, MRCS (Eng); Mr. Sameh A. Mikhail1 MD, FRCS (Eng), MRCS (Eng); Mr. Mohamed E. Alkashty1 M.Sc.; Prof. Mohamed H.A. Fahmy1 MD.
  • Hybrid Repair Combining Common Femoral Endarterectomy and Iliac Stenting for Iliofemoral Arterial Occlusive Disease
    Sherif Essam Eldin Tawfik; Ahmed Farouk Abdelmohsen; Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-salam Rizk
  • Short Term Results of Retrograde Transpopliteal Access in Management Flush Superficial Femoral Artery Chronic Total Occlusions.
    Marwan Yousry, Hossam El Mahdy, Walied Eldaly, Hussein Elwan
  • Comparative Study Between Modified Koyanagi and Duckett Tube Techniques in Management of Proximal Types of Hypospadias
    Wael Ghanem MD*, and Mohamed Eldebeiky MD, FRCS*, Ayman Albaghdady MD*
  • Transanal Swenson Pullthrough in Hirschsprung Disease: Ain Shams University Experience
    Wael Ghanem MD
  • Biliary Gastritis Following Laparoscopic Mini Gastric Bypass: Is there a Role for H. Pylori?
    Sameh Mikhail1, Shady Elghazaly Harb 1, Sherif M. Mokhtar 1, Mohamed ElNady 2
  • Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury of the Descending Thoracic Aorta; Experience with 14 Cases Over 3 Years
    Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
  • Feasibility, Short and Mid-term Outcomes of Endovascular Management of Subclavian Artery Aneurysms
    Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Amr Saleh El Bahaey2
  • Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Aortic Injury of the Descending Thoracic Aorta; Experience with 14 Cases Over 3 Years

    Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
    Department of Vascular Surgery, Kasr Alaini Hospital, Cairo University

    Introduction: Blunt Thoracic Aortic Injury BTAI is a frequently unrecognized cause of traumatic death. Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) has become the treatment of choice for both elective and emergent conditions involving the descending thoracic aorta. The result has been a decrease in both operative mortality and morbidity as it offers a safer and less invasive therapeutic alternative to open surgery to these high risk surgical patients.Objectives: The aim of this study is to describe our last 3 years experience with the endovascular treatment of patients having blunt traumatic rupture of the descending thoracic aorta.Method: We prospectively studied patients who had been referred to our hospital after blunt thoracic trauma over the last 3 years with the diagnosis of acute rupture of the descending thoracic aorta. All were managed with endograft coverage of the aortic lesion.Follow up full aortic CTA-scan at 1, 3 and 6, and 12 month. Results: 14 patients (12 male and 2 female) were enrolled from September 2013 to October 2016. An emergency endovascular procedure was performed in all patients with a median time delay of 10 h (range, 6-24h). The mean age was 45±28years (range, 17-73 years). Mean intensive care unit stay was 5±2 days with mean hospital stay of 20±5 days. No transient or permanent neurologic deficits were reported. No cases of renal failure, cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction, cardiac arrhythmias, or congestive heart failure were observed. No supra-aortic revascularization was required in cases mandating LSA coverage. One case of respiratory failure was observed which required prolonged mechanical ventilation, 2 cases of pleural effusion, and 3 cases of vascular access complication due to wound infection. A post-implantation syndrome (PIS) was observed in 5 patients and managed by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) therapy. Overall survival for was 100 % and was maintained at 1-year follow-up. On CT scan surveillance, no stent-graft failure or collapse, no endoleak, or distal migration were detected. Conclusion: TEVAR for the treatment of acute traumatic rupture of the descending thoracic aorta can be accomplished safely in emergency settings with minimal morbidity and excellent long term results. Key words: Aorta, Trauma, Endovascular.