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Fenestrated\/branched endovascular aortic repair (F\/B-EVAR) has shown promising results, but it can be challenged by the presence of a narrow true lumen, which hinders navigation and deployment of bridging components. Moreover, the presence of patent segmental arteries originating from the false lumen may prevent aneurysm shrinkage due to persistent flow, which may also result in insufficient spinal cord protection strategies and an increased risk of spinal cord ischemia. Consequently, multiple endovascular interventions are often necessary to address the persistent anatomical changes in these patients. Case Presentation: We present the case of a patient affected by a post-dissecting TAAA who underwent multiple open and endovascular treatment attempts. The presence of prior multiple laparotomies discouraged a new open surgical repair, while the hypertrophic segmental arteries and the presence of a narrow true lumen made standard F\/B-EVAR unfeasible. The patient was successfully treated using a combination of different adjunctive advanced endovascular techniques, including minimally invasive segmental artery coil embolization (MiSACE) as a spinal cord preconditioning strategy and prevention of type II endoleak. Moreover, transcatheter electrosurgical septotomy (TES) was used to create a single aortic channel in the presence of a narrow true lumen, which allowed the deployment of a multifeatured, custom-made branched endograft. Conclusions: Endovascular repair of post-dissection TAAAs requires a thorough understanding of advanced endovascular adjuncts, which are often combined to overcome the complex anatomical challenges inherent to this disease. Although encouraging results have been reported, both segmental artery embolization for the indications described here and TES warrant further evaluation in prospective multicenter studies to confirm their safety and efficacy.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/reports9020155","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]],"date-time":"2026-05-19T07:35:43Z","timestamp":1779176143000},"page":"155","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Multimodal Endovascular Treatment of Post-Dissection Thoracoabdominal Aneurysm Using Adjunctive Advanced Endovascular Techniques Combined to Branched Repair: Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"9","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-3053-8384","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pietro","family":"Dioni","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Francesco","family":"Colamaria","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2770-8266","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alessandro","family":"Grandi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9906-4658","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gabriele","family":"Piffaretti","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Vascular Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Circolo University Teaching Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Stefano","family":"Bonardelli","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6871-2176","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Luca","family":"Bertoglio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Brescia, ASST Spedali Civili of Brescia, 25123 Brescia, Italy"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,19]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1323","DOI":"10.1016\/j.jtcvs.2015.12.050","article-title":"Outcomes of 3309 thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repairs","volume":"151","author":"Coselli","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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