Tips and techniques for optimal stent graft placement in angulated aneurysm necks

Jasper W van Keulen; Frans L Moll; Joost A van Herwaarden

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.024

Tips and techniques for optimal stent graft placement in angulated aneurysm necks

J Vasc Surg. 2010 Oct;52(4):1081-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.024. Epub 2010 May 15.

Authors

Jasper W van Keulen¹, Frans L Moll, Joost A van Herwaarden

Affiliation

¹ Department of Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 20478684
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2010.02.024

Abstract

An increasing number of patients with severely angulated abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) necks are being treated by endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR). Optimal preprocedural planning and investigation of the AAA morphology is essential to achieve a successful EVAR in these patients. In this article, we discuss specific problems that can be encountered during preoperative planning in relation to periprocedural stent graft deployment in patients with angulated AAA necks and offer potential solutions for these problems.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aorta, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Humans
Prosthesis Design
Stents
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome