The tube, bizarrely called a frozen elephant trunk, will be stitched in to replace Jeantte's aorta. Then Amit will take out her faulty aortic valve before sewing in a new one made of bovine tissue.

Mumbai doctors perform a rare Frozen Elephant Trunk technique in a complex surgery to save a patient suffering from a life-threatening aortic condition. The technique involves a combination of ...

Journal: Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Published: 2024-01-27 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.01.030 Affiliations: 5 Authors: 8 ...

Mumbai: Wockhardt Hospitals, Mumbai Central successfully applied the ‘Frozen Elephant Trunk’ (FET) technique in treating a life-threatening aortic condition. Dr Gulshan Rohra, Cardiac Surgeon ...

Methods: We conducted a single-center, observational, case-control study that enrolled 18 patients with ATAAD who underwent emergency total arch repair (TAR) combined with frozen elephant trunk ...