Endovascular repair of an aortoenteric fistula in a high-risk patient.
OBJECTIVE
To describe the endovascular repair of an aortoenteric fistula in a high-risk patient.


RESULTS
A Vanguard tube stent-graft was deployed at the upper anastomotic suture line of a secondary aortoenteric fistula, successfully sealing the communication between the aorta and the third part of the duodenum without occlusion of the renal arteries.


CONCLUSIONS
Endovascular stent-graft repair of aortoenteric fistulae is possible, but further evaluation of this technique will determine its role in the management of this complication.
Deshpande
A
A
Department of Vascular Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
Lovelock
M
M
Mossop
P
P
Denton
M
M
Vidovich
J
J
Gurry
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D004378:Duodenal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007412:Intestinal Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D012086:Reoperation; D012307:Risk Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016157:Vascular Fistula / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates