title: [Rupture of a giant external iliac aneurysm six years after an aorto-bifemoral bypass].
abstract: We report the case of a patient operated on for an aorto-iliac aneurysm with an aorto-bifemoral bypass who presented a metachronous iliac aneurysm rupture, six years later, because of aneurysmal degeneration. We performed bipolar ligation of the external iliac artery and an end-to-end anastomosis of the prosthetic limb to the common femoral artery. We discuss aneurysms of the external iliac artery, characterised by their rarity, their specific morbidity and mortality.
authors.affiliation: CHU Sart Tilman, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Duysens
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Quaniers
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Van Damme
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Limet
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017542:Aneurysm, Ruptured / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D005263:Femoral Artery / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017543:Iliac Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D016896:Treatment Outcome