title: Immediate and Late Open Conversion after Ovation Endograft.
abstract: The risk of intraoperative open conversion during endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) still remains a main issue, albeit in a small percentage of cases. Open conversion can be extremely demanding and risky in relation to the type of the stent graft implanted and can be somehow challenging even for the most experienced vascular surgeons. We discuss a case of immediate conversion and 1 case of late conversion in patients previously treated with EVAR using the Ovation stent graft. The design of the endograft and its proximal sealing allowed the partial preservation of the graft and its use for proximal and distal anastomosis with a Dacron graft in both presented cases.
authors.affiliation: First Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: danymazzak83@libero.it.
authors.forename: Daniela
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mazzaccaro
authors.affiliation: First Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stegher
authors.affiliation: First Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Maria T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Occhiuto
authors.affiliation: First Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malacrida
authors.affiliation: First Operative Unit of Vascular Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy; University of Milan, Italy.
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Nano
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D001027:Aortography / Q000379:methods; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000295:instrumentation*; D061887:Conversion to Open Surgery; D057510:Endovascular Procedures / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011093:Polyethylene Terephthalates