VS03 - How I Do It: Techniques for Repacking Physician Modified Endografts

Thursday, June 5, 2025

9:00 AM – 9:09 AM CT

Location: Morial CC, First Floor, Great Hall A

Submitting & Presenting Author(s)

Keyuree Satam, MD, MS

Slides

Senior Author Discussant(s)

Kenneth Tran, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor
Stanford University
Palo Alto, California

Co-Author(s)

Arash Fereydooni, MD, MS

Vascular Surgery Resident
Stanford University
Stanford, California
Jason T. Lee, MD

Chief of Vascular Surgery
Stanford Health Care
Palo Alto, California

Summary: In this video, we describe our center's experience with different methods for repacking of physician modified endografts. Focusing on the Zenith TX2, Zenith Fenestrated, and Zenith Alpha grafts, we show video demonstrations of the utility of different packing methods. We demonstrate the ease with which the aortic crimper can be used to package the TX2 and ZFen with and without branches, and the Zenith Alpha without branches. When branches are present in the Alpha, the silastic loop method is least traumatic to the graft and branch.