title: An isolated aneurysm of the common iliac artery associated with an arterio-venous fistula: autotransfusion technique and postoperative hemodynamic monitoring--a case report.
abstract: Isolated aneurysms of the common iliac artery occur less frequently than abdominal aortic aneurysms. Moreover, the rupture of an isolated iliac aneurysm into a systemic vein is considered to be very rare. The case reported herein is of a patient with a left common iliac aneurysm which ruptured into the iliac vein, who was successfully treated surgically, using Doty's autotransfusion technique as a supportive measure. We describe our preoperative diagnosis, operative method, including the supportive measures, and the postoperative hemodynamic changes monitored by a Swan-Ganz catheter.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Odagiri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ishikura
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yoshimatsu
mesh_terms: D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D001804:Blood Transfusion, Autologous; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery; D007084:Iliac Vein; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011182:Postoperative Care; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous