Complications and bail-out situations during AAA endovascular repair.
The endovascular stent-graft is now a universally accepted treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysms but remains nonetheless experimental. There are generic aspects of endograft insertion as well as device specific deployment issues. There are a number of potential procedural complications, related to vascular access and to the deployment sequence. The common technical problems are described and, where possible, the endovascular solutions are outlined.
Overbeck
Klaus
K
Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE7 7DN, UK.
Jackson
Ralph
R
Rose
John
J
D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D020878:Device Removal / Q000295:instrumentation; D004869:Equipment Safety / Q000295:instrumentation; D005548:Foreign-Body Migration / Q000209:etiology; D006083:Graft Occlusion, Vascular / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods