Abstract

Arch repair using the frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique has been utilized to treat Type A acute aortic dissection. In contrast, the long-term outcomes of the non-FET technique focus on the thrombosed false lumen (FL), and distal aortic reoperation rates remain unclear. The goal of our study was to investigate the efficacy and long-term outcomes of the non-FET technique as the benchmark. We reviewed 518 patients with Type A acute aortic dissection in the last 20 years. Among them, 139 hospital survivors (61 ± 12 years) who had undergone total arch replacement with the non-FET technique were enrolled. A total of 86% (120/139) of patients had a patent FL at the descending aorta preoperatively. The median follow-up period was 41 (1-219) months. No spinal cord ischaemia and new entry tear formation were observed. Postoperative FL thrombosis of the entire descending aorta was obtained in 47% (66/139) and in 39% (47/120) of patients who had a patent FL preoperatively. Freedom from dissection-related distal reoperation rates at 1, 3, 5 and 10 years were 87%, 83%, 81% and 78%, respectively. The results of multivariate analysis indicated that the predictors of a dissection-related reoperation were connective tissue disease [hazard ratio (HR) 4.6, P = 0.006], re-entry at the superior mesenteric artery (HR 2.9, P = 0.04), unachieved primary entry resection (HR 5.3, P = 0.001) and preoperative maximum descending aortic diameter ≥38 mm (HR 11.6, P < 0.001). Total arch replacement with the non-FET technique was safe and reliable from the viewpoint of spinal cord ischaemia. Further comparative studies between the FET and the non-FET techniques are required.

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