Repair of false para-anastomotic aortic aneurysms using an endovascular stent graft technique in a patient with severe pulmonary disease: report of a case

T Nishibe; J Koizumi; F Kudo; S Kubota; J Oka; T Kunihara; K Yasuda

doi:10.1007/s595-001-8070-7

Repair of false para-anastomotic aortic aneurysms using an endovascular stent graft technique in a patient with severe pulmonary disease: report of a case

Surg Today. 2001;31(12):1110-2. doi: 10.1007/s595-001-8070-7.

Authors

T Nishibe¹, J Koizumi, F Kudo, S Kubota, J Oka, T Kunihara, K Yasuda

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.

PMID: 11827196
DOI: 10.1007/s595-001-8070-7

Abstract

Conventional surgery for para-anastomotic aortic aneurysms is technically challenging, and is associated with high morbidity and mortality. This report describes the case of a patient with severe pulmonary diseases in whom false para-anastomotic aortic aneurysms were successfully repaired using an endovascular stent graft technique.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aneurysm, False / complications
Aneurysm, False / diagnostic imaging
Aneurysm, False / surgery*
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Humans
Lung Diseases / complications
Male
Stents*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome