title: [Stent-graft placement for saccular aortic aneurysm: case reports].
abstract: Stent-graft placement was performed in 2 patients with saccular aortic aneurysm. A Dacron-covered nitinol stent-graft was deployed in the thracoabdominal and infrarenal abdominal aorta. These procedures were successfully performed. The aneurysm disappeared on intraoperative angiogram immediately after deployment. Follow-up CT showed thrombosis or disappearance of aortic aneurysm. Distal embolization occurred in one patient, who required resection of the small bowel on the following day and renal dialysis due to renal infarction. Both patients were still alive one and a half years and one year after the procedure, respectively. Stent-graft placement is a feasible alternative to surgery for aortic aneurysm in selected patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
authors.forename: E V
authors.initials: EV
authors.lastname: Lang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000497:Alloys; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D015607:Stents
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; C013616:nitinol