Combined open and endovascular treatment of complex aortic disease

Vascular. 2004 Mar;12(2):93-8. doi: 10.1258/rsmvasc.12.2.93.

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to report whether combined open and endovascular treatment could be applied in patients with complex aortic disease. A retrospective study including four patients with complex aortic disease was undertaken. In all patients, extra-anatomic bypass to the visceral arteries was made through a laparotomy while the aortic lesion was repaired by stent grafting. One patient died on the first postoperative day and another died 3 months after treatment from a myocardial infarction. The other two patients were alive 13 and 34 months after treatment, respectively. However, a patient treated for a ruptured thoracoabdominal type 2 aneurysm on the basis of a dissection suffers from postoperative paraplegia. The combination of open surgery with extra-anatomic bypass to visceral arteries and stent grafting could be an option for the treatment of patients with complex aortic disease, especially in high-risk cases in which more extensive open surgery is contraindicated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / surgery
  • Aortic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Diseases / surgery*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Stents
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed