2.1. Search strategy
A comprehensive literature search was conducted using EMBASE, Scopus,
and PubMed/MEDLINE databases from inception and up to January 2022, to
identify evidence on FET technique used in TAR registering patients with
acute or chronic TAADs and/or thoracic aortic aneurysms. To combine all
search terms, a Boolean operator was used (Supplement Table 1 ).
In addition, to identify additional research papers for the purposes of
this review, a manual hand search of references within our retrieved
studies was performed. English language and human studies were the only
criteria used for results limitation during the literature search.