Fig. 1From: “Extroverted Cuff”, a novel modification of the elephant trunk technique for distal anastomosis of ragged descending aortaa The descending aorta is reinforced with a strip of Teflon and the graft is extroverted. b The graft is inserted inside the native descending aorta. c Completion of the distal anastomosis between the external layer of the “extroverted cuff” and the native descending aorta with the fixing sutures. d Transversal view of the extroverted graft. e Further invagination of the “cuff” inside the native descending aorta (represented in dashed lines)Back to article page