title: Treatment of a ruptured iliac aneurysm with an endoluminal stent graft.
abstract: The management of a 79-year-old man presenting with a ruptured common iliac aneurysm is described. The patient had multiple medical problems including hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation, as well as a left hemispheric stroke 5 years previously. Traditional open surgery was judged unsuitable in this case because of the predicted poor outcome. The patient was subsequently treated successfully with endoluminal stent grafting.
authors.affiliation: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: A C W
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ting
authors.forename: S W K
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: K F
authors.initials: KF
authors.lastname: Kwok
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed