Technical complications of endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. 1997

T C Naslund, and W H Edwards, and D F Neuzil, and R S Martin, and S O Snyder, and J L Mulherin, and M Failor, and K McPherson
Division of Vascular Surgery, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN 37232-3735, USA.

OBJECTIVE Results from 34 endovascular repairs of abdominal aortic aneurysms are reviewed to identify technical complications and relate them to anatomic and technical features of the operation. METHODS Twenty-one patients underwent attempted tube graft repair (mean follow-up, 13 months). Thirteen patients underwent placement of a bifurcated graft (mean follow-up, 7.2 months). RESULTS Twenty-five patients (74%) underwent repair without technical complication (16 tube graft and nine bifurcated graft). Of five patients who had tube graft complications, two involved small iliac arteries and resulted in arterial injury. One of these patients needed a femorofemoral bypass procedure, and the other required conversion to standard operation. Two patients had distal leaks associated with the attachment system, and one patient had misplacement of the distal attachment system. The two patients who had leaks were followed-up; one required operation after 7 months, whereas the other leak sealed. The patient who had distal attachment system misplacement had a second endograft placed within the first to provide a distal seal. The four patients who had bifurcated graft complications involved two graft limb stenoses, one managed with a Palmaz stent and the other with balloon angioplasty. The patient treated with balloon angioplasty had graft thrombosis 1 week after the operation, which resulted in the need for a femorofemoral bypass procedure. Another bifurcated graft patient had a graft limb twist, which has resulted in chronic claudication. One patient had placement of a limb too proximal in the common iliac artery with chronic leak, and an open operation was performed 18 months later. CONCLUSIONS Technical complications in this series seem to be associated with short distal necks, small iliac arteries, tortuous iliac arteries, and atherosclerosis at the aortic bifurcation. We believe that experience and understanding of these issues will reduce the risk of these complications in the future.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D011183 Postoperative Complications Pathologic processes that affect patients after a surgical procedure. They may or may not be related to the disease for which the surgery was done, and they may or may not be direct results of the surgery. Complication, Postoperative,Complications, Postoperative,Postoperative Complication
D012086 Reoperation A repeat operation for the same condition in the same patient due to disease progression or recurrence, or as followup to failed previous surgery. Revision, Joint,Revision, Surgical,Surgery, Repeat,Surgical Revision,Repeat Surgery,Revision Surgery,Joint Revision,Revision Surgeries,Surgery, Revision
D001807 Blood Vessel Prosthesis Device constructed of either synthetic or biological material that is used for the repair of injured or diseased blood vessels. Vascular Prosthesis,Blood Vessel Prostheses,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Graft,Graft, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Grafts, Tissue-Engineered Vascular,Prostheses, Blood Vessel,Prostheses, Vascular,Prosthesis, Blood Vessel,Prosthesis, Vascular,Tissue Engineered Vascular Graft,Tissue-Engineered Vascular Grafts,Vascular Graft, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Grafts, Tissue-Engineered,Vascular Prostheses,Vessel Prostheses, Blood,Vessel Prosthesis, Blood
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001012 Aorta, Abdominal The aorta from the DIAPHRAGM to the bifurcation into the right and left common iliac arteries. Abdominal Aorta,Abdominal Aortas,Aortas, Abdominal

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