Frozen elephant trunk with Frozenix prosthesis
Yutaka Okita
Abstract
This paper presents the clinical applications of the Japanese-made frozen elephant trunk (FET, Frozenix®). The historical aspects of FET development, manufacture and structure of Frozenix, video images of a representative case, and a summary of a multi-centre Japanese Frozenix study, J-ORCHESTRA, are discussed.
Topics & Concepts
Elephant trunksTrunkMedicineAnatomySurgeryEcologyBiologyAortaAortic dissectionAortic Disease and Treatment ApproachesCardiac Valve Diseases and TreatmentsAortic aneurysm repair treatments