{"title":"Successful management of infected thoracoabdominal graft and aortobronchial fistula using a hybrid approach","authors":"Patricia Giglio BA, Virendra I. Patel MD, MPH","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.006","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.006","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We present the case of a 72-year-old patient who underwent successful management of a thoracoabdominal aortic graft infection. The patient was diagnosed with infected distal anastomotic pseudoaneurysm and aortobronchial fistula after type I thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The infection was caused by the enteric gram-negative bacterium <em>Proteus mirabilis</em>. The high-risk patient was successfully treated with visceral debranching, infrarenal aortic reconstruction, and stent graft coverage of the pseudoaneurysm. The success of this case suggests that endovascular treatment of thoracoabdominal aortic graft infections may be a viable option in some high-risk patients.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 239-241"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.006","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jens-Ove Schmidt MD , Johnny Kent Christensen MD , Kim Christian Houlind MD, PhD
{"title":"Calcified in-stent restenosis in a venous stent","authors":"Jens-Ove Schmidt MD , Johnny Kent Christensen MD , Kim Christian Houlind MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.008","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.008","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Stenting of the iliac veins has been an established treatment for improving venous runoff from the legs after thrombolysis of iliofemoral deep venous thrombosis for more than a decade, yet little is known about the long-term fate of stents in the central veins. We describe a case of heavily calcified in-stent restenosis in a 10-year-old venous stent as well as a way of treating this rare condition. With growing numbers of venous stents reaching a significant age, a need for treatment of long-term complications like the one presented here most probably will arise.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 261-263"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.008","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824008","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Type II endoleak repair after endovascular abdominal aortic repair using a computed tomography-guided percutaneous transabdominal approach","authors":"Ryo Okabe MD , Nobuo Morioka MD , Hideyuki Katayama MD , Satoru Nakamatsu MD , Kinya Shirota MD , Yuhei Saitoh MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.08.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.08.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The current treatment of type II endoleaks includes either transarterial or sac puncture techniques. Sac puncture can be further divided into translumbar, transabdominal, and transcaval approaches.<span><sup>1</sup></span> However, transabdominal techniques for the treatment of type II leak are not well established. Herein, we report a case of a type II endoleak repaired in a 76-year-old woman using a computed tomography-guided percutaneous transabdominal approach. This type of transabdominal repair is easy and safe because punctures to the aneurysm sac are visualized in real time by computed tomography. It is possible to selectively embolize persistent blood flow in arteries in either the sac or main artery.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 236-238"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.08.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anton N. Sidawy (Editor-in-Chief), Bruce A. Perler (Senior Editor)
{"title":"Information for authors","authors":"Anton N. Sidawy (Editor-in-Chief), Bruce A. Perler (Senior Editor)","doi":"10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00128-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00128-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 4","pages":"Page A4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00128-9","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137366181","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
John Chung MD, Richard Cormack MD, Roshni Patel MBBS, Avnesh Thakor MD, PhD, Darren Klass MD, PhD, David Liu MD
{"title":"Novel use of the Surefire antireflux device in subtotal splenic embolization","authors":"John Chung MD, Richard Cormack MD, Roshni Patel MBBS, Avnesh Thakor MD, PhD, Darren Klass MD, PhD, David Liu MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.005","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>An unstable patient presented with an enlarging splenic hematoma, for whom splenectomy was contraindicated. The decision was made to treat this patient with subtotal splenic embolization. Initial attempts at embolotherapy using a conventional end-hole catheter resulted in a false angiographic end point with reflux into short gastric arteries, likely due to splenic parenchymal pressurization from the hematoma. The Surefire antireflux device (Surefire Medical Inc, Westminster, Colo) was therefore employed. The Surefire device allowed successful subtotal splenic embolization. Whereas it is currently primarily used in hepatic interventional oncology, we have shown that it can be successfully used in other settings to increase embolization efficiency while mitigating nontargeted embolization.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 4","pages":"Pages 242-245"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823972","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Events of interest","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00096-X","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00096-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 3","pages":"Pages A6-A7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00096-X","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136887691","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Information for readers","authors":"","doi":"10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00095-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00095-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 3","pages":"Page A5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/S2352-667X(15)00095-8","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136899904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maged M. Metias MSc , Ahmed Kayssi MD, MSc, MPH , Thomas F. Lindsay MDCM, MSc , Dheeraj K. Rajan MD
{"title":"Management of acute limb ischemia after glue embolization of endoleak following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair","authors":"Maged M. Metias MSc , Ahmed Kayssi MD, MSc, MPH , Thomas F. Lindsay MDCM, MSc , Dheeraj K. Rajan MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.004","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We describe the case of a 73-year-old woman who developed a type II endoleak and subsequent aneurysm sac expansion following endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair. The endoleak was treated with a translumbar direct sac puncture and injection with <em>n</em>-butyl-2-cyanoacrylate. During the injection procedure, glue embolized distally, lodging into the right popliteal, proximal anterior tibial, and tibioperoneal arteries, causing acute limb ischemia that led to an emergency embolectomy. The patient recovered well, and the postoperative course was unremarkable. Acute limb ischemia secondary to glue embolization during endoleak management is rare, with potentially catastrophic complications that require urgent operative repair.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 3","pages":"Pages 217-220"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.004","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54823962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abdullah Alhaizaey MD , Mohamad Anas Hussain MD , Mohammed Al-Omran MD, MSc, FRCSC
{"title":"Blunt traumatic subclavian vein pseudoaneurysm","authors":"Abdullah Alhaizaey MD , Mohamad Anas Hussain MD , Mohammed Al-Omran MD, MSc, FRCSC","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.001","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.001","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Subclavian and upper extremity venous pseudoaneurysms are rare and poorly understood. We present the case of a 45-year-old woman with a right subclavian vein pseudoaneurysm that formed after blunt trauma to the upper chest and shoulder. The patient was managed successfully with surgical excision through a supraclavicular approach. The case report is followed by a discussion on the etiology, clinical presentation, and management of venous pseudoaneurysms.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 3","pages":"Pages 214-216"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.001","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824435","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tahlia L. Weis Sadoski MD, PhD , Claudio Schönholz MD , Joshua D. Adams MD
{"title":"Repair of superior mesenteric artery bypass pseudoaneurysm with physician-modified fenestrated aortic endograft","authors":"Tahlia L. Weis Sadoski MD, PhD , Claudio Schönholz MD , Joshua D. Adams MD","doi":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.002","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Aneurysmal degeneration and pseudoaneurysm formation of visceral vein bypass grafts are rare conditions that may be associated with rupture requiring reintervention. This case represents the first report of an enlarging, complex aorta to superior mesenteric artery vein bypass pseudoaneurysm repaired using a physician-modified fenestrated aortic graft with suprarenal fixation.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":91348,"journal":{"name":"Journal of vascular surgery cases","volume":"1 3","pages":"Pages 224-227"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.jvsc.2015.07.002","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"54824444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}