A GRANDMA’s life was saved when doctors replaced her artery with a ‘frozen elephant trunk’ in a groundbreaking op. Jeanette, 70, was in desperate need of surgery, as her aorta \b… ...

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CHICAGO, Dec. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Phillip Lonergan has hiked the Himalayas, the Alps, the Pyrenees and the Rockies, but an aortic ...

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.

Dr. Aparna Kaushik, cardiac anaesthetist, added, “The Frozen Elephant Trunk technique represents a monumental leap in the surgical treatment of complex aortic conditions.

Cardiologists at a city hospital in Chennai performed a rare surgery using a special technique called 'frozen elephant trunk' to successfully treat a 55-year-old man from Myanmar with a life ...