title: Successful endovascular treatment of a 13 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm. Case report.
abstract: There is increasing evidence in the literature that endovascular aneurysm repair is the first-line approach for most of abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs). Furthermore aortouniiliac stent graft placement is, in high risk patients or during emergency setting, a safe procedure over the mid- and long-term period and compares well with the results of bifurcated stent grafts. We present a case of a 66 -year-old gentleman, with pneumothorax after therapeutic thoracentesis and a giant AAA, successfully treated with an aortomonoiliac stent grafting and femoro-femoral crossover bypass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Santagata
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Giribono
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ferrara
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Viviani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, DIBIMEF, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Narese
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, DIBIMEF, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Midiri
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, DIBIMEF, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albano
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padricelli
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, University Federico II of Naples, Naples.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Del Guercio
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology; D015607:Stents; D000069258:Thoracentesis / Q000009:adverse effects; D058017:Vascular Grafting / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortomonoiliac stent-graft; Endovascular surgery