title: Placement of an aortomonoiliac stent graft without femorofemoral revascularization in endovascular aneurysm repair: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Endovascular aortic repair, if technically feasible, is the treatment of choice for patients with a contained ruptured aortic aneurysm who are unfit for open surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of an 80-year-old Caucasian man who presented with an unusually configured, symptomatic infrarenal aortic aneurysm. His aneurysm showed an erosion of the fourth lumbar vertebra and a severely arteriosclerotic pelvic axis. A high thigh amputation of his right leg had been performed 15 months previously. On his right side, occlusion of his external iliac artery, common femoral artery, and deep femoral artery had occurred. His aneurysm was treated by a left-sided aortomonoiliac stent graft without femorofemoral revascularization, resulting in occlusions of both internal iliac arteries. No ischemic symptoms appeared, although perfusion of his right side was maintained only over epigastric collaterals.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The placement of aortomonoiliac stent grafts for endovascular treatment of infrarenal aortic aneurysms without contralateral revascularization is a feasible treatment option in isolated cases. In this report, access problems and revascularization options in endovascular aneurysm repair are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Clinic, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany. michael.keese@kgu.de.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Keese
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Niedergethmann
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schoenberg
authors.forename: Steffen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Diehl