Percutaneous stent-graft treatment of superior mesenteric and internal iliac artery pseudoaneurysms.
Traumatic pseudoaneurysms can cause compression of adjacent structures and hemorrhage. The mortality rate for bleeding visceral artery pseudoaneurysms is particularly high, and surgical repair is all but impossible in some cases. The authors describe two cases in which traumatic pseudoaneurysms of the internal iliac and superior mesenteric arteries were successfully treated with a low-profile stent-graft (Jostent) designed for coronary use. The technical and regulatory issues pertinent to this device are discussed.
Appel
Noah
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Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University School of Medicine, 510 South Kingshighway Boulevard, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
Duncan
James R
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Schuerer
Douglas J E
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D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D017541:Aneurysm, False / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery; D008297:Male; D017538:Mesenteric Artery, Superior; D015607:Stents