Hallmarks in the Therapeutic Approach of Aortic Aneurysms: The Main Contributors

Title:Hallmarks in the Therapeutic Approach of Aortic Aneurysms: The Main Contributors

Volume: 21 Issue: 28

Author(s): Marianna Karamanou, Athanase Protogerou, Gerasimos Siasos, Achilleas Chatziioannou and George Androutsos

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Keywords: History of aneurysms, history of surgery, Dacron graft, aortic surgery.

Abstract: Deriving from the Greek word for “widening”, aneurysms have been a well known entity since antiquity. In the 2^nd century AD, Antyllos, the Greek born surgeon who practiced in Rome, described a method for aneurysms’ surgical removal that remained a standard procedure till the 19^th century. In 18^th century John Hunter proposed a limb saving operation method for treating peripheral aneurysms paving thus the way for the modern surgery of aneurysms and Rudolph Matas, carried out the first aneurysmorrhaphy. During the 20^th century two eminent surgeons laid the foundations of vascular surgery: Charles Dubost, who utilized the first homograft for aneurysm repair and Michael DeBakey, who performed the first radical treatment of a thoracic aneurysm.

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Karamanou Marianna, Protogerou Athanase, Siasos Gerasimos, Chatziioannou Achilleas and Androutsos George, Hallmarks in the Therapeutic Approach of Aortic Aneurysms: The Main Contributors, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2015; 21 (28) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612821666150826092941