Bobba_fat

Bobba_fat OP t1_itmjis7 wrote

The first successful operation to save a patient with aortic dissection was performed in 1954. One of the surgeons, Michael DeBakey, developed over many years the technique of replacing the damaged aorta with a tube made of polyethylene terephthalate. He himself suffered aortic dissection at the age of 97 and survived for two years thanks to the technique he developed himself.

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