title: Preoperative internal iliac artery coil embolization for aneurysms involving the iliac bifurcation.
abstract: Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms involving the iliac artery, which is seen in about 20% of patients, requires extension of the stent-graft limb into the external iliac artery. Occlusion of the IIA is used to prevent a potential type II endoleak via retrograde flow in the IIA after covering the IIA origin with a stent-graft limb. In this article, the major indications for coil-embolization of the internal iliac artery in aneurysmal disease are reviewed and discussed, as well as the technique and the outcome regarding endoleak incidence and complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium. sam.heye@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heye
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015607:Stents