title: [Endovascular exclusion of peripheral aneurysms with polytetrafluoroethene stent graft].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the value and clinical effect of peripheral aneurysms with polytetrafluoroethene (PTFE) stent graft after peripheral endovascular procedures.
  
  
  METHODS
  From May 2012 to November 2013, 13 patients of peripheral aneurysms were treated with PTFE stent graft. There were 9 male and 4 female patients, aged from 24 to 74 years with a mean of 52 years. There were 7 aneurysms and 6 pseudoaneurysms. This stent graft was a self-expanding nitinol stent, internally covered by an ultra-thin polytetrafluoroethene (PTFE) graft. All peripheral aneurysms were repaired with the PTFE stent graft, using an entirely percutaneous approach. All patients were given clopidogrel and (or) aspirin postoperatively. Complications and reintervention rates were also examined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  PTFE stent graft placement was successfully performed in all the 13 cases, and the instant isolation effect was quite satisfactory. During the follow-up period of 3 to 18 months, no stent graft related complications occurred in all patients except one patient with iliac arterial pseudoaneurysm, who developed pseudoaneurysms presented as a complication at puncture site. There were no other symptomatic complications with graft patience.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Endovascular repair can be considered as an effective treatment strategy for peripheral aneurysms by PTFE stent graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jue
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Jianing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yue
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Yongsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Rongfu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China.
authors.forename: Yuqi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China. Email: fu.weiguo@zshospital.sh.cn.
authors.forename: Weiguo
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Fu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery*; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D005260:Female; D005466:Fluorocarbons; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011108:Polymers; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D005466:Fluorocarbons; D011108:Polymers