Treatment of dilated venous bypass grafts with an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-covered nitinol endoprosthesis

Vasc Endovascular Surg. 2009 Apr-May;43(2):190-2. doi: 10.1177/1538574408326264. Epub 2008 Dec 11.

Abstract

An above-knee femoropopliteal bypass graft constructed of great saphenous vein became dilated in 2 patients 12 and 25 years after surgery. Both patients had several concomitant disorders. The dilations were treated by insertion of an expanded polytetrafluoroethylene-covered nitinol endoprosthesis. There were no major procedural complications. One minor endoleak that developed immediately after endograft placement resolved within 6 weeks. The leg swelling subsided, and the endoprostheses have remained patent for 18 and 24 months, respectively. To our knowledge, these were the first cases in which an endoprosthesis was used to treat dilation of a venous bypass graft.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alloys
  • Aneurysm / etiology
  • Aneurysm / pathology
  • Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / surgery*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Dilatation, Pathologic
  • Femoral Artery / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene
  • Popliteal Artery / surgery*
  • Prosthesis Design
  • Reoperation
  • Saphenous Vein / transplantation*
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vascular Surgical Procedures / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Alloys
  • nitinol
  • Polytetrafluoroethylene