Endovascular aneurysm repair or open surgery for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm with involvement of both common iliac arteries?

Acta Chir Belg. 2008 Sep-Oct;108(5):586-9. doi: 10.1080/00015458.2008.11680291.

Abstract

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) involving the entire common iliac arteries requires proximal coil embolisation of both internal iliac arteries and extension of the stent graft into the external iliac arteries (type E according to the Eurostar classification). A potential complication of this treatment is pelvic ischemia. Therefore, this type of aneurysm is a relative contra-indication for EVAR. In this case-report we describe a hybrid procedure preserving antegrade circulation in one of the internal iliac arteries in a patient with a type E aneurysm who was unfit for open surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis
  • Embolization, Therapeutic
  • Humans
  • Iliac Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Iliac Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Stents