[Endovascular treatment of descending aorta trauma].
BACKGROUND
Mortality of traumatic aortic lesions is over 80%. A group of those who survive, develop a chronic pseudo aneurism, usually asymptomatic, that is detected during imaging studies. Since conventional surgical treatment of traumatic aortic lesions has a great mortality, endovascular treatment has been used as an alternative treatment in the last decade.


OBJECTIVE
To report our experience with endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic lesions.


METHODS
Report of seven patients aged 22 to 65 years, with traumatic aortic lesions. Under general anesthesia an endovascular prosthesis was inserted through the femoral artery.


RESULTS
No complications were observed in the postoperative period, and after a follow up ranging from 4 to 40 months, no endoleaks or other complications have been detected.


CONCLUSIONS
Endovascular treatment of traumatic aortic lesions has good immediate and midterm results.
Mertens M
Renato
R
Departamento de Enfermedades Cardiovasculares y División de Cirugía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. rmertens@med.puc.cl
Valdés E
Francisco
F
Krämer Sch
Albrecht
A
Bergoeing R
Michel
M
Zalaquett S
Ricardo
R
Baeza P
Cristián
C
Morán V
Sergio
S
Irarrázaval L
Manuel
M
Becker R
Pedro
P
Huete G
Alvaro
A
Vergara G
Jeannette
J
Valdebenito G
Magaly
M
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011184:Postoperative Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed