title: Placement of endovascular stent-grafts for emergency repair of acute traumatic aortic rupture: a single-centre experience.
abstract: The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate mid- and long-term results of endovascular stent-graft placement for emergency repair of acute traumatic thoracic aortic rupture. From 1996 through 2005, 22 consecutive patients (mean age: 38.7 years) underwent endovascular repair of acute traumatic thoracic aortic rupture located at the aortic isthmus in most cases. All patients were at high surgical risk due to severe associated injuries. The endografts were inserted via femoral or iliac artery access under fluoroscopic guidance. Follow-up was performed postinterventionally, at 6 and 12 months and yearly thereafter, and included clinical examination and computed tomography (CT) scans. Technical and clinical success rates were 86.3%. Mean follow-up was 31.7 months. Three patients developed early type I endoleak due to the inability of the rigid graft to adapt to the curved aortic contour. In two of them conversion to open surgery was necessary. One patient had late type I endoleak and died. No other complications were observed. The outcome was successful in most patients. The mid- and long-term results of our current study are promising. However, early type I endoleak represents a problem, especially in adolescent patients with a marked curvature of the aortic arch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University Hospital Innsbruck, Austria. iris.steingruber@uibk.ac.at
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Steingruber
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Czermak
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chemelli
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Glodny
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bonatti
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jaschke
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Waldenberger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rieger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Neuhauser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D017130:Angioplasty; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D004630:Emergencies; D005260:Female; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D012086:Reoperation; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015607:Stents; D016019:Survival Analysis; D036542:Tomography, Spiral Computed