Sac enlargement due to seroma after endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair with the Endologix PowerLink device.
A patient who had undergone endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with the Endologix PowerLink bifurcated system presented with delayed aortic aneurysm enlargement due to assumed endotension. He was treated with aortic sac evacuation and wrapping of the endograft. This is the first report of endotension and aneurysm sac enlargement after implantation of the PowerLink endograft.
Nano
Giovanni
G
Istitito Policlinico San Donato, First Unit of Vascular Surgery, School of Vascular Surgery, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Dalainas
Ilias
I
Bianchi
Paolo G
PG
Gotti
Riccardo
R
Casana
Renato
R
Malacrida
Giovanni
G
Tealdi
Domenico G
DG
D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D049291:Seroma / Q000209:etiology*
D011138:Polytetrafluoroethylene