ABSTRACT
In the mid-1950s, the first thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repairs were performed,
initially with a homograft in 1955 then using a Dacron
(Invista, Wichita, Kansas, U.S.A.) tube
graft in 1956. In the following decades, results of TAAA and descending thoracic aortic
aneurysm (DTAA) repair varied tremendously from center to center. This was probably due
to the lack of coherent methods of reporting and classifying these aneurysms.
