Undiagnosed aorto-caval fistula during total laparoscopic abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: a cause of conversion.
Total laparoscopic aortic repair is evolving and is now the technique of choice for the treatment of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) in our department. With growing experience, surgeons will be confronted with the same peroperative situations than open surgery. We report a case of total laparoscopic AAA repair with peroperative diagnosis of aorto-caval fistula (ACF).
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Department of Vascular Surgery, Ambroise Paré University Hospital, Boulogne-Billancourt, and Faculté de Médecine Paris-Ouest, René Descartes University, Paris, France. ijaverliat@yahoo.fr
Coggia
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Di Centa
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Alfonsi
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Goëau-Brissonnière
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D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001164:Arteriovenous Fistula / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008297:Male; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000601:surgery*