https://www.selleckchem.com/products/azd9291.html Median follow-up was 36months (range, 2.4-106.6; interquartile range, 72). The actuarial survival at 36months was 82%. The dissection-related mortality was 11.4%. The median aortic growth of the nonwrapped descending thoracic aorta was 3.4mm. Computed tomography scan analysis depicted that 88% of survivors were theoretical candidates for an additional endovascular procedure to exclude the primary entry tear. Aortic wrapping is associated with favorable early outcomes and a low rate of aortic events during follow-up. This therapeutic option should be considered for patients considered too fragile for standard surgical repair. Aortic wrapping is associated with favorable early outcomes and a low rate of aortic events during follow-up. This therapeutic option should be considered for patients considered too fragile for standard surgical repair. The reversed elephant trunk technique permits staged repair of extensive thoracic aortic aneurysm in patients whose distal (ie, descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal) aorta is symptomatic or disproportionately large compared with their proximal aorta (ie, ascending aorta and transverse aortic arch). We present our 23-year experience with the reversed elephant trunk approach. Between 1994 and 2017, 94 patients (median age 62 [46-69] years) underwent stage 1 reversed elephant trunk repair of the distal aorta. Fifty-three patients (56%) had aortic dissection, and 31 patients (33%) had heritable thoracic aortic disease. Eighty-eight operations (94%) were Crawford extent I or II thoracoabdominal aortic repairs. Twenty-seven patients (29%) underwent subsequent stage 2 repair of the proximal aorta; 14 patients (52%) required redo median sternotomy. The median time between the stage 1 and 2 operations was 18.8 (4.8-69.3) months. The operative mortality was 10% (9/94) for stage 1 repairs and 4% (1/27) for sta trunk in patients who require distal aortic repair before proximal repair and