Endovascular Stent Graft
Stent Graft · Covered Stent · Endograft · Thoracic Stent Graft · TEVAR Stent Graft · Gore TAG · Medtronic Valiant Navion · Cook Zenith Alpha
A tube of fabric (ePTFE or woven polyester) held open by a metal mesh frame, loaded compressed inside a long delivery catheter with a handle at the back end.
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Placed inside the aorta through the femoral arteryFEM-er-ul AR-ter-eeThe large artery that carries blood to the leg, running through the groin and down the thigh.Full entry to reline an aneurysmAN-yuh-riz-umA weak spot in the wall of an artery that bulges outward like a balloon.aneurysm a widening (Greek)Full entry or tear and give blood a smooth path while walling off the aneurysm sac. In TEVAR the chosen graftGRAFTTissue or a man-made material moved into place in surgery to replace or repair a damaged part.Full entry are opened in the planned sizes with their own delivery systems.
Lengths and variants
Made by several companies (for example Gore TAG, Medtronic Valiant Navion, Cook Zenith Alpha) in many diameters and lengths; abdominal graftGRAFTTissue or a man-made material moved into place in surgery to replace or repair a damaged part.Full entry are modular with a main body and limbs.
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- Fuller. Surgical Technology: Principles and Practice. 8th ed. Chapter 30 (Vascular and Microvascular Surgery), p. 843
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