Endovascular treatment of blunt traumatic abdominal aortic occlusion with kissing stent placement

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2012 Oct;35(5):1216-20. doi: 10.1007/s00270-011-0315-7. Epub 2011 Dec 9.

Abstract

Blunt traumatic abdominal aortic dissection is extremely rare and potentially deadly. We present the case of a 62-year-old man involved in a frontal car crash. After emergency undergoing laparotomy for bowel injuries, he was referred to our hospital due to acute ischemia of bilateral lower extremities on day 3 after the trauma. Computed tomography and aortography showed an aortobiiliac dissection with complete occlusion. This injury was successfully treated by endovascular treatment with "kissing"-technique stent placement, which appears to be a safe, effective, and minimally invasive treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Aortic Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm / etiology
  • Aortic Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Aortic Dissection / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Dissection / etiology
  • Aortic Dissection / surgery*
  • Aortography
  • Contrast Media
  • Endovascular Procedures*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Contrast Media