title: Hybrid aortoiliac revascularization to avoid nonautogenous groin reconstruction in an intravenous drug abuser.
abstract: Traditional methods for revascularization of an occluded aortoiliac system have necessitated either in-line aortic reconstruction through an aortobifemoral bypass or extra-anatomic bypass. However, both these approaches require artificial material to be placed in the groin. The consequence of groin infection can be devastating leading to high rates of both limb loss and mortality. One of the most feared patient populations presenting with groin complications is that of the intravenous drug abuser. We present the case of a patient with a long history of intravenous drug abuse with severe aortoiliac disease. Instead of resorting to a more traditional open surgical approach necessitating artificial reconstruction in the groin, we chose to proceed with a hybrid open and endovascular procedure through a direct open surgical access to the aortic bifurcation. This allowed for revascularization without the placement of artificial material in the groin.
authors.affiliation: Surgery Department, University of California, San Francisco-East Bay, 1411 East 31st Street, Oakland, CA 94602, USA. kckanka@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Kristin C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kanka
authors.forename: Jimmy J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pak
authors.forename: Douglas
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: Jason Q
authors.initials: JQ
authors.lastname: Alexander
mesh_terms: D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015819:Substance Abuse, Intravenous / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome