Ahmed M. Almahrouky , Mohamed Rafik
Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Fatma Zeinhom² & Wesam El-Din Sultan³
Ahmad Gamal1, Haitham A. Eldmarany1, Ahmed Farghaly1, Ahmed Elmarakby1, Ayman Refaat2.
Ahmed Nawar1, Waleed Reda1, Ahmed Safwat1, Sahar Mansour2
Mohamed Saber MSc, Tarek Hegazy MD,MRCS
Hossam Elmahdy; Waleed Eldaly; Hussein Elwan; Baker Ghoneim
Ahmed H. Ali FRCS and Hany Rafik MD
Hany M S Mikhail MD, FRCS, Hany A. Balamoun MD, FRCS
Abd Elrahman Elmaraghy, Mahmoud Saad Farahat and Mohammed abdo MD
Mahmoud Saad1, Haitham Mostafa Elmaleh1and Safaa Refaat El-Sady2
Ahmed H. Ali,FRCS
1Amr Mohamed Salem, 2Mohamed Mohamed Mokhtar, 2Sahar Ahmed El Shafei, 3Omaima Gaber Yassine, 2Eman Farouk Safwat
Shehab Soliman , Ahmed F. Aborady
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.
Sherif Essam Eldin Tawfik; Ahmed Farouk Abdelmohsen; Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-salam Rizk
Marwan Yousry, Hossam El Mahdy, Walied Eldaly, Hussein Elwan
Wael Ghanem MD*, and Mohamed Eldebeiky MD, FRCS*, Ayman Albaghdady MD*
Wael Ghanem MD
Sameh Mikhail1, Shady Elghazaly Harb 1, Sherif M. Mokhtar 1, Mohamed ElNady 2
Amr Saleh El Bahaey and Haitham A.Eldmarany
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
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.