Editorial: Frozen elephant trunk surgery in aortic dissection

Abstract

In their paper, Moula et al. conducted a metanalysis which aimed to investigate the differences in intrahospital outcomes of ET vs. FET. Twenty-one published articles between 2008 and 2021 with 3,153 patients were included. ET was associated with higher early mortality but lower incidence of SCI compared to FET. However, when studies published in the last 5 years were analyzed, no significant differences were found between ET and FET.