Late type III endoleak from graft erosion of an Excluder stent graft: a case report

W Anthony Lee; Thomas S Huber; James M Seeger

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.043

Late type III endoleak from graft erosion of an Excluder stent graft: a case report

J Vasc Surg. 2006 Jul;44(1):183-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.043.

Authors

W Anthony Lee¹, Thomas S Huber, James M Seeger

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0286, USA. leewa@surgery.ufl.edu

PMID: 16828442
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2006.02.043

Abstract

We report a case of a late type III endoleak from a hole in the expanded polytetrafluoroethylene graft material of an Excluder bifurcated stent-graft approximately 12 months after implantation. The endoleak was successfully repaired by relining the defect site with an Excluder iliac limb. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of late graft-material related Type III endoleak involving the Excluder device.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Female
Humans
Postoperative Complications / diagnosis
Postoperative Complications / therapy
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure
Stents / adverse effects*
Time Factors