Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to determine the early efficacy of endovascular aortouniiliac stent grafts with femorofemoral bypass graft in the treatment of aortoiliac aneurysmal disease. Methods: We analyzed 51 consecutive patients from January 1997 to March 1999 with a mean follow-up of 15.8 months. Patients ranged in age from 44 to 93 years (mean, 75 years) with a mean aortic aneurysm diameter of 6.2 cm. Technical success was achieved in 50 patients; one patient required conversion to open repair intraoperatively. We placed 28 custom-made and 22 commercial devices. The mean operative time was 223 minutes. The endograft was extended to the external lilac artery in 42% of cases. The contralateral common iliac artery was occluded using either a closed covered stent or intraluminal coils. Results: The median hospital stay was 4 days with an average intensive care unit stay of 0.25 days. There were no operative mortalities. Two patients died during follow-up from unrelated conditions. Endoleaks occurred in 11 patients (22%); seven patients (14%) required intervention (four catheter based, three operative). Other complications occurred in 38% of patients but were largely remote or wound related. One femorofemoral bypass graft occluded immediately postoperatively as a result of an intraprocedural external iliac dissection yielding a 98% primary patency and 100% secondary patency. Clinical success was achieved in 88% of patients. Conclusions: These data suggest that this strategy represents a reliable method of repair of aortoiliac aneurysmal disease and extends the capability of an endoluminal approach to patients with complex iliac anatomy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1135-1141 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of vascular surgery |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2000 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Surgery
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine