title: A critical appraisal of endovascular stent-grafts in the management of abdominal aortic aneurysms.
abstract: Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms has widely replaced the open surgical repair due to its minimal invasive nature and the accompanying lower perioperative mortality and morbidity. During the past two decades, certain improvements and developments have provided a wide variety of endograft structural designs and geometric patterns, enabling the physician to approach a more patient-specific treatment of AAA. This review presents the currently available aortic endografts and describes the clinical, technical and mechanical characteristics of them.
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schoretsanitis
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece. efstratiosgeorg@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Efstratios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Georgakarakos
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Argyriou
authors.affiliation: Vascular Surgery Unit, 1st Propaedeutic Surgical Department, Ahepa University Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece.
authors.forename: Kiriakos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ktenidis
authors.affiliation: Department of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Dragana, 68100, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: George S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Georgiadis
mesh_terms: D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D057510:Endovascular Procedures; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents
keywords: Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Aortic stent-graft; Clinical performance; Endovascular aneurysm repair; Hemodynamics