Abstract:Objective To compare the therapeutic efficacy of aorto-brachiocephalic bypass surgery and Sun's procedure for acute Stanford type A aortic dissection.Methods Eighty-two patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection admitted to the hospital from March 2015 to March 2018 were selected and divided into vascular bypass surgery group (n = 39) and Sun's procedure group (n = 43) according to different surgical methods. The operative duration, intraoperative blood loss, duration of extracorporeal circulation, duration of aortic cross-clamping, and duration of selective cerebral perfusion were compared between the two groups of patients. The left ventricular ejection fraction, the maximum internal diameter of the ascending aorta, and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter before and 1 year after the operation were compared between the two groups. After 3 years of follow-up, the incidence of complications and survival of the patients in the two groups were also compared.Results There was no statistically significant difference in the general characteristics of the two groups of patients (P > 0.05). There was no statistically significant difference in the duration of extracorporeal circulation between the vascular bypass surgery group and the Sun's procedure group (P > 0.05), whereas the operative duration, duration of aortic cross-clamping, and duration of selective cerebral perfusion were shorter, and intraoperative blood loss was lower in the vascular bypass surgery group compared with the Sun's procedure group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in left ventricular ejection fraction, the maximum internal diameter of the ascending aorta, and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter before and after the surgery between the two groups (P > 0.05). After the surgery, the left ventricular ejection fraction was increased (P < 0.05), while the maximum internal diameter of the ascending aorta and the left ventricular end-diastolic diameter were decreased in the two groups (P < 0.05). The overall incidence of complications in the vascular bypass surgery group was lower than that in the Sun's procedure group (P < 0.05). During 3 years of follow-up, one patient in the Sun's procedure group died of heart failure 31 months after surgery, while there was no death in the vascular bypass surgery group.Conclusions The aorto-brachiocephalic bypass surgery reduces the operative duration, intraoperative blood loss, duration of aortic cross-clamping, and duration of selective cerebral perfusion in the treatment of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection, with a low incidence of complications and few safety concerns.