G. White, J. May, R. Waugh, X. Chaufour, Weiyun Yu
{"title":"Type III and Type IV Endoleak: Toward a Complete Definition of Blood Flow in the Sac after Endoluminal AAA Repair","authors":"G. White, J. May, R. Waugh, X. Chaufour, Weiyun Yu","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0305:TIATIE>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0305:TIATIE>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"In this document the authors continue to refine their seminal categorization of endoleak, a major complication of endovascular aneurysm repair. In addition to type I (related to the graft device itself) and type II (retrograde flow from collateral branches) endoleak, they propose two new categories: endoleak due to fabric tears, graft disconnection, or disintegration would be classified type III, and flow through the graft presumed to be associated with graft wall “porosity” would be categorized as type IV endoleak.","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67343776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J G Yuan, T Ohki, M L Marin, R T Quintos, D L Krohn, J J Beitler, F J Veith
{"title":"The effect of nonporous PTFE-covered stents on intimal hyperplasia following balloon arterial injury in minipigs.","authors":"J G Yuan, T Ohki, M L Marin, R T Quintos, D L Krohn, J J Beitler, F J Veith","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0349:TEONPC>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0349:TEONPC>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report an experimental study investigating the ability of nonporous polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) covering on a metallic stent to retard the development of neointimal hyperplasia (NIH).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Three groups of Hanford miniature swine underwent standardized balloon injury to both external iliac arteries. Group I animals (control) received balloon injuries only. Group II had the site of balloon injury supported by a properly sized, balloon-expandable Palmaz stent placed directly over the injury site. Group III animals received a Palmaz stent covered with PTFE graft. All animals underwent arteriography immediately after intervention and again prior to sacrifice and specimen harvest at 4 weeks. The specimens were examined grossly and histologically at the proximal, middle, and distal segments for NIH development.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Uncovered stents developed significantly more NIH (p < 0.0001) and greater luminal narrowing (p < 0.001) than the controls. PTFE-covered stents (group III) exhibited less NIH (p < 0.001) and luminal reduction (p < 0.01) than bare stents (group II) at the middle portion of the stent-graft, but the PTFE cover had no effect on NIH and lumen reduction at the proximal or distal ends of the prosthesis.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>PTFE-covered stents retarded NIH at 4 weeks, but only at the midportion of the devices; the covering did not prevent neointimal pannus ingrowth at the proximal and distal ends.</p>","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20774505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J K Edoga, K V James, M Resnikoff, K Asgarian, D Singh, J Romanelli
{"title":"Laparoscopic aortic aneurysm resection.","authors":"J K Edoga, K V James, M Resnikoff, K Asgarian, D Singh, J Romanelli","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0335:LAAR>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0335:LAAR>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To describe a laparoscopic technique for resection of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The operation is based on the principle of retroperitoneal reinforced staple exclusion of the aneurysm sac with aortobifemoral or aortoiliac bypass using gas and gasless laparoscopic techniques. Patients were eligible for this procedure if their infrarenal AAAs (with or without iliac artery involvement) were considered appropriate for surgical resection; however, renal or other visceral arterial stenoses, aneurysmal disease requiring surgical treatment, and/or aneurysms of the hypogastric arteries excluded patients from laparoscopic AAA resection.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 31 candidates for this procedure, 9 were excluded owing to high surgical risk. Twenty-two patients (16 males; age range 62 to 88 years) were deemed appropriate for the laparoscopic procedure. Maximum aneurysm diameter ranged from 4.0 to 8.0 cm. The operation was completed successfully in 20 (91%) patients. Two (9%) deaths in high-risk patients admitted early to the study occurred within 30 days of surgery. The only major complication was an injured ureter, for which a nephrectomy was performed. Comparison to a historical cohort of conventionally treated patients showed that the study group needed less ventilator support, had shorter intensive care and hospital stays, and resumed diet earlier despite relatively prolonged anesthesia and aortic clamping times.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The laparoscopic approach to infrarenal AAAs appears feasible, with several potential advantages in low- and moderate-risk patients. Once the technique is optimized, randomized prospective studies will be needed to verify the apparent benefits demonstrated by these initial patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20775334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. White, J. May, R. Waugh, X. Chaufour, Weiyun Yu
{"title":"Re: “Retroleak”—Retrograde Branch Filling of the Excluded Aneurysm:","authors":"G. White, J. May, R. Waugh, X. Chaufour, Weiyun Yu","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0378:RRRBFO>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0378:RRRBFO>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67343386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
I K Loftus, M M Thompson, G Fishwick, J R Boyle, P R Bell
{"title":"Endovascular repair of aortic aneurysms in the the presence of a horseshoe kidney.","authors":"I K Loftus, M M Thompson, G Fishwick, J R Boyle, P R Bell","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0278:EROAAI>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0278:EROAAI>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report two cases of endovascular aortic aneurysm exclusion in patients with a horseshoe kidney.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Two male patients, one with a known horseshoe kidney and history of multiple previous laparotomies, presented with abdominal aortic aneurysms of approximately 6-cm diameter. Each was treated with a tapered aortomonoiliac polytetrafluoroethylene graft secured proximally with a Palmaz balloon-expandable stent. The endograft was sutured distally to a Dacron femorofemoral crossover graft. An anomalous renal vessel was sacrificed in one case. The aneurysms were successfully excluded, and the patients recovered without sequelae.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Endovascular repair should be considered as a treatment option in patients with aortic aneurysm in the presence of a horseshoe kidney, particularly if the renal vasculature can be wholly preserved.</p>","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20674921","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
R I Rückert, P Romaniuk, P Rogalla, T Umscheid, W J Stelter, J M Müller
{"title":"A method for adjusting a malpositioned bifurcated aortic endograft.","authors":"R I Rückert, P Romaniuk, P Rogalla, T Umscheid, W J Stelter, J M Müller","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0261:AMFAAM>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0261:AMFAAM>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report the successful application of a method to adjust a malpositioned bifurcated stent-graft after endovascular aortic aneurysm repair.</p><p><strong>Method and results: </strong>A 62-year-old male patient underwent endovascular repair of a 5.1-cm abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with a Vanguard bifurcated stent-graft. After complete deployment of the stent-graft, the intraoperative completion angiogram disclosed unexpected occlusion of the left renal artery. Intra-aortic adjustment of the bifurcated graft was possible with a crossover guidewire, which was pulled caudally. The method worked perfectly to restore blood flow to the left renal artery. The patient is well 16 months postoperatively without any evidence of endoleak or graft migration; the left renal artery remains open.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>A technique is demonstrated for intra-aortic repositioning of a bifurcated stentgraft to correct insufficient deployment. If required, this technique should be attempted before conversion to an open procedure.</p>","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20674378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Malina, J. Brunkwall, K. Ivancev, B. Lindblad, J. Malina, U. Nyman, B. Risberg
{"title":"Late aortic arch perforation by graft-anchoring stent: complication of endovascular thoracic aneurysm exclusion.","authors":"M. Malina, J. Brunkwall, K. Ivancev, B. Lindblad, J. Malina, U. Nyman, B. Risberg","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0274:LAAPBG>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0274:LAAPBG>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE\u0000To describe a fatal case of late aortic perforation by an endograft-anchoring stent.\u0000\u0000\u0000METHODS AND RESULTS\u0000A 69-year-old woman presented 2 years after thoracoabdominal aneurysm repair with a 9-cm dilatation of the descending thoracic aorta proximal to the conventional aortic graft. A 38-mm Dacron graft with multiple Gianturco Z-stents sutured inside was placed transluminally across the aortic arch such that part of the uncovered portion of the proximal stent was partially across the left subclavian orifice. Four months later, the patient died from massive hemorrhage. Autopsy showed that the uncovered portion of the proximal stent had perforated the aortic arch.\u0000\u0000\u0000CONCLUSIONS\u0000This case stresses the need for low-profile stent-grafts and smaller, more flexible introducer systems. Anchoring stents must be flexible, less traumatic, and strong enough to create a watertight seal even in tortuous vessels. To avoid aortic arch damage by thoracic stent-grafts, the proximal stent should be fully covered by the fabric.","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89493032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Troubleshooting maldeployed aortic endografts.","authors":"G Kopchok, R White, C Donayre","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0266:TMAE>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0266:TMAE>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20674917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aortoenteric fistula caused by a ruptured stent-graft: a case report.","authors":"L Norgren, B Jernby, L Engellau","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0269:AFCBAR>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0269:AFCBAR>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To report a case of aortoenteric fistula secondary to endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) exclusion using the Stentor bifurcated endovascular graft.</p><p><strong>Methods and results: </strong>Seventeen months after a successful endovascular AAA procedure, a male patient developed upper gastrointestinal bleeding. An aortoenteric fistula was diagnosed. At operation, the endograft fabric was found to be ruptured in an area of suture disruption between the nitinol stents. Coincidentally, a pre-existing inflammatory process might have caused adhesions between the bowel and the aortic wall, predisposing to fistula formation. The patient recovered after placement of a conventional aortic graft.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Suture disruption between the internal support stents is a recognized complication in the first-generation Stentor device. Although the case described here is probably not typical of the consequences of this sequela, it does reinforce the need for continual periodic imaging to check for signs of graft disruption in Stentor endografts.</p>","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20674918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M. Armon, S. Whitaker, R. Gregson, P. Wenham, B. Hopkinson
{"title":"Spiral CT angiography versus aortography in the assessment of aortoiliac length in patients undergoing endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair.","authors":"M. Armon, S. Whitaker, R. Gregson, P. Wenham, B. Hopkinson","doi":"10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0222:SCAVAI>2.0.CO;2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1583/1074-6218(1998)005<0222:SCAVAI>2.0.CO;2","url":null,"abstract":"PURPOSE To compare measurements of aortoiliac length obtained with spiral computed tomographic angiography (CTA) and aortography in patients undergoing endovascular aneurysm repair. METHODS The distances from the lower-most renal artery to the aortic bifurcation and from the aortic bifurcation to the common iliac artery (CIA) bifurcation were measured using both CTA and aortography in 108 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms. RESULTS The level of agreement between CTA and aortography was high, with 69% of aortic and 76% of iliac measurements within 1 cm and > 90% within 2 cm of each other. Mean differences were -0.35 +/- 1.20 cm and 0.25 +/- 1.10 cm, respectively, for aortic and iliac lengths. Aortography overestimated renal artery to aortic bifurcation length in comparison to CTA (p = 0.003), particularly in patients with large aneurysms (> 6.5 cm) and lumen diameters > 4.5 cm (p < 0.0001). Measurements of CIA length were shorter by aortography than CTA (p = 0.02). CONCLUSIONS There is a high level of agreement between CTA and aortography in the measurement of aortoiliac length, but aortography overestimates renal artery to aortic bifurcation length in patients with large-diameter aneurysms and wide aneurysm lumens. CTA is sufficiently accurate in the majority of cases to be used as the sole basis for the construction of endovascular grafts.","PeriodicalId":79443,"journal":{"name":"Journal of endovascular surgery : the official journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"67343549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}