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From October 1973 to April 1985, 81 patients with aneurysms of the descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aorta underwent surgery. Eight (10%) of these patients were treated by exclusion-bypass. The aneurysm was located in the descending aorta alone in five cases, and in the descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aorta in three cases. In all cases, the proximal anastomosis of the bypass was performed...