Successful treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by endovascular graft placement through a previously placed prosthetic graft: Report of a case

Surg Today. 2010 Dec;40(12):1169-72. doi: 10.1007/s00595-009-4184-5. Epub 2010 Nov 26.

Abstract

A 77-year-old man with an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm was referred with a complex medical history including pancreatitis, chronic renal failure, atrial fibrillation, and a cerebral infarction. He also had a history of atherosclerosis obliterans, treated with a vascular bypass using an 8-mm prosthetic graft 9 years previously. His complicated anatomy, including a small access route and a large common iliac artery, suggested usage of Powerlink, a bifurcated stent graft through the previously placed graft, as an access route. The patient was discharged from the hospital with a type III endoleak, which was completely resolved 5 months after discharge.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Comorbidity
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Reoperation
  • Stents