title: Thromboendarterectomy of the right common iliac artery in a patient with Marfan's syndrome and restoration with a new technique.
abstract: Marfan's syndrome is a rare hereditary disease of connective tissue, the surgical interest of which is in its propensity to the development of arterial aneurysms. We describe the case of a 40-year-old male who was admitted to our hospital because of thrombosis of the right common iliac artery and who was treated with a new technique: thromboendarterectomy of the right common iliac artery and covering of the artery with a synthetic graft, in order to avoid the risk of developing an aneurysm of the endarterectomised iliac artery. This is a new technique, here described for the first time in the international literature.
authors.affiliation: 2nd Department of Propedeutic Surgery, Athens University Medical School, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Safioleas
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kakisis
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Evangelidakis
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Vericocos
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Manti
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004691:Endarterectomy; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008382:Marfan Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000601:surgery*