Modular component separation and reperfusion of abdominal aortic aneurysm sac after endovascular repair of the abdominal aortic aneurysm: a case report

J Vasc Surg. 1998 Aug;28(2):349-52. doi: 10.1016/s0741-5214(98)70172-7.

Abstract

Transluminal placement of a stent graft in patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm is a new endovascular technique that offers a potentially less invasive and less risky alternative to open surgery. Complications after stent graft placement are not infrequent, but in most cases secondary endovascular intervention is successful. We describe a late major leak in the aneurysmal sac caused by a distal migration of the iliac limb of a bifurcated graft. This late complication was successfully treated by covered stent placement, excluding and thrombosing completely the reformed aneurysm.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / therapy*
  • Aortography
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Prosthesis Failure
  • Reperfusion*
  • Retreatment
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed