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Table 2 Details of frozen elephant trunk grafts (N = 27)

From: Risk factors for spinal cord ischemia in frozen elephant trunk–induced upper spinal cord ischemia in patients with combination of degenerative arch aneurysms and peripheral artery diseases: a possible mechanism

Variables

Results

FET diameter, n (%)

 25 mm

2 (7.4)

 27 mm

1 (3.7)

 29 mm

3 (11.1)

 31 mm

0 (0.0)

 33 mm

0 (0.0)

 35 mm

7 (25.9)

 37 mm

1 (3.7)

 39 mm

2 (7.4)

FET stent length, n (%)

 60 cm

0 (0.0)

 90 cm

7 (25.9)

 120 cm

16 (59.2)

 150 cm

4 (14.8)

Level of the FET distal end, n (%)

 Th4

2 (7.4)

 Th5

3 (11.1)

 Th6

5 (18.5)

 Th7

13 (48.1)

 Th8

4 (14.8)

  1. The most-used FET diameter was 35 mm. The most-used FET stent length was 120 mm. The FET distal end was most frequently positioned at the level of Th7
  2. FET frozen elephant trunk, Th thoracic vertebrate