Late Type III endoleak and graft failure of an Ancure stent-graft

Katherine E Brown; Kamaldeep S Heyer; Jon S Matsumura; Mark K Eskandari

doi:10.1016/j.jvir.2008.07.013

Late Type III endoleak and graft failure of an Ancure stent-graft

J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2008 Oct;19(10):1506-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.07.013. Epub 2008 Aug 29.

Authors

Katherine E Brown¹, Kamaldeep S Heyer, Jon S Matsumura, Mark K Eskandari

Affiliation

¹ Division of Vascular Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 201 E Huron St, Galter 10-105, Chicago, IL 60611, USA.

PMID: 18760629
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvir.2008.07.013

Abstract

The authors report a case of a delayed type IIIb endoleak with sac expansion 6 years after an endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm with an Ancure bifurcated stent-graft. The presumed etiology of the leak was secondary to erosion of the main body graft material by metal stents placed within the graft to correct kinking of the iliac limbs at the index operation. The endoleak was successfully treated by endovascular means with an aortouni-iliac device, contralateral iliac plug followed by a femoral-to-femoral bypass graft.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Dissection / diagnosis*
Aortic Dissection / etiology*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Failure*
Stents*