PMID: 8941240Nov 18, 1996Paper

Repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms by the endoluminal method: outcome in the first 100 patients

The Medical Journal of Australia
J MayJ P Harris

Abstract

To report the outcome in our first 100 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms repaired by the endoluminal method. Analysis of concurrently collected data of patients undergoing repair of an aortic aneurysm. The technique involves the delivery of an endograft into the abdominal aorta by means of a sheath inserted through the femoral or iliac artery. Clinical examination and contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT) were performed within 10 days, at six months and then annually after operation. Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, a tertiary referral teaching hospital. 100 patients, seven women and 93 men, with a mean age of 70 years (range, 46-87), treated between May 1992 and December 1995. Because of comorbidities, 43 of the patients had been considered unsuitable for conventional open repair at other medical centres. Our criteria for inclusion were the presence of a 1.5-cm or greater segment of thrombus-free aorta between the lowermost renal artery and the commencement of the aneurysm, and iliac arteries allowing access to the aorta from the groin. (i) Need to convert to open repair; (ii) damage to the arteries from sheath insertion; (iii) communication between the aneurysmal sac and the circulation; (iv) death within 30 ...Continue Reading

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Sep 12, 2002·Journal of Endovascular Therapy : an Official Journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists·Thomas PfammatterUlrich Blum
Sep 12, 2002·Journal of Endovascular Therapy : an Official Journal of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists·Marc R H M van SambeekHero van Urk
Mar 13, 1998·Journal of Endovascular Surgery : the Official Journal of the International Society for Endovascular Surgery·A Refshauge
Jun 2, 1998·The British Journal of Surgery·K R WoodburnG H White

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