Percutaneous endoluminal bypass of iliac aneurysms with a covered stent.
To evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous treatment of iliac aneurysms, a covered stent was inserted in nine men suffering from common iliac artery aneurysms (six cases), external iliac aneurysms (one case), or pseudoaneurysms (two cases). Placement of the stent was successful in all patients. In one patient, an endoprosthesis thrombosed after 15 days, but was successfully treated by thrombolysis and additional stent placement. At the follow-up examinations (mean period 22 months) all stent-grafts had remained patent. No late leakage or stenosis was observed.
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Radiologia del Pronto Soccorso, Servizio di Angioradiologia, Azienda Ospedaliera San Giovanni Battista, Corso Bramante 88, I-10126 Turin, Italy.
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Muratore
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Rossato
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Savio
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Rabbia
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents; D014654:Vascular Patency