OBJECTIVE: To report on an improved model of intraluminal sutureless prosthesis for partial aortic replacement. METHOD: A grooved multidrilled plastic ring was employed to facilitate the intraoperative handcrafting of the vascular prosthesis and its sutureless intraluminal fixation to the aorta. A 42 years old male patient with type A Dissecting Aneurysm was treated by the Bentall - De Bono technique using a valved and ringed bovine vascular prosthesis which was implanted in the aortic annulus with interrupted sutures and tied distally inside the aorta. RESULTS: The improved ringed vascular prosthesis simplified the sutureless intraluminal anastomosis procedure. The postoperative evolution was uneventfull and the patient remains asymptomatic one year after the operation. CONCLUSION: The improved ringed vascular prosthesis simplified the intraluminal sutureless procedure for treatment of dissecting aneurysm of the aorta.
Aneurysm dissecting; Aortic aneurysm; Blood vessel prosthesis implantation; Blood vessel prosthesis
