Table 2.
Technical characteristics of the devices used for in situ laser FTEVAR including the main endografts and bridging stents.
| Author | Type of Laser | Main Graft | 3 Fenestrations | 2 Fenestrations | 1 Fenestration | Bridging Stents |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Redlinger et al. [14] | 2.0- to 2.5-mm Turbo Elite laser catheter, Spectranetics, Colorado Springs, CO, USA | Talent or Valiant (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA), Zenith TX2 (Cook Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA) | 0 | 0 | 22 | iCAST (Atrium, Hudson, NH, USA) |
| Liu et al. [15] | 810 nm wavelength laser, Gigaa Optronics Technology Co. Ltd., Wuhan, China, application of 18 W for 3–5 s | TAG/cTAG (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA), Valiant (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA), Ankura (Lifetech, Shenzhen, China) | 2 | 3 | 6 | Covered and bare metal stents |
| Sonesson et al. [16] | 308 nm wavelength laser, 0.9 mm Turbo Elite over the wire, Spectranetics, Colorado Springs, CO, USA | Zenith Alpha (Cook Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA) | 0 | 0 | 10 | Begraft (Bentley, Hechingen, Germany), Fluency (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Tempe, AZ, USA), Visipro (Medtronic, Dublin, Ireland), Advanta (Atrium Europe B.V, Mijdrecht, the Netherlands), Lifestream (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Tempe, AZ, USA), Protégé (ev3 Endovascular Inc., Plymouth, MN, USA) |
| Yan et al. [17] | 810 nm wavelength diode laser, Eufoton Company, Trieste, Italy, application of 18 W for 3 s | cTAG (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | 18 | 2 | 0 | Fluency (Bard Peripheral Vascular, Tempe, AZ, USA) for LCCA, Endurant limb if TBA >13 mm (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) |
| Li et al. [18] | 980 nm wavelength laser VELAS, GIGAA Laser, Wuhan, China, application of 18 W for 3 s | 90 Valiant (Medtroni, Santa Rosa, CA, USA), 30 cTAG (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA), 19 Zenith (Cook Inc., Bloomington, IN, USA), 6 Ankura (Lifetech, Shenzhen, China), 2 Hercules (Microport, Shanghai, China), 1 E-vita Thoracic 3 g (Jotec, Hechingen, Germany) | 11 | 13 | 124 | 119 Fluency (Bard Peripheral Vascular Tempe, AZ, USA), 58 Viabahn (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA), 2 Endurant limbs (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) |
| Evans et al. [19] | 308 nm wavelength, 2.3 mm 0.035 Spectranetics laser (Philips, Amsterdam, Netherlands), with a fluency setting of 40 mJ/mm2 and repetition rate of 60 Hz | cTAG (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA), Valiant (Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA) | 0 | 6 | 18 | VBX (W.L. Gore & Associates, Flagstaff, AZ, USA) |