Open Aortic Surgery (“OAS”)

Our First and Second Assistants have a significant breadth of experience and operative volume in Open Aortic Surgery (“OAS”), which are often fraught with high-risk of operative mortality and morbidity due to certain underlying issues:

• Multiple previous aortic surgeries due to underlying connective tissue disorders including Marfan Syndrome and EDS-V

• Older age

• Renal Failure

• Malperfusion

• Extensive aortic tissue fragility due to MFS, EDS, etc.

• Heart failure (low LVEF)

A sample list of procedures that we assist on in a First- or Second-Assist capacity:

• Bentall procedure (valve and non-value sparing)

• Open repairs - Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (‘AAA’) ruptures

• Thoracic or Ascending Aortic Aneurysm repairs (‘TAA’)

• Open repairs - Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Descending + Ascending (‘TAAA’) - Types I - V

• High-Risk Elective Open AAA Repairs for Patients who have had failed stent grafts

• Aortic Graft Infections (AGI) - Debridement, Re-grafting, and Re-Vascularization

• Primary or Secondary Aortoesophageal or Aortoenteric Fistulas

• Vascular Malformations

• Mycotic Aneurysms