Successful treatment of an abdominal aortic aneurysm by endovascular graft placement through a previously placed prosthetic graft: Report of a case

Abstract

A 77-year-old man with an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm was referred with a complex medical history including pancreatitis, chronic renal failure, atrial fibrillation, and a cerebral infarction. He also had a history of atherosclerosis obliterans, treated with a vascular bypass using an 8-mm prosthetic graft 9 years previously. His complicated anatomy, including a small access route and a large common iliac artery, suggested usage of Powerlink, a bifurcated stent graft through the previously placed graft, as an access route. The patient was discharged from the hospital with a type III endoleak, which was completely resolved 5 months after discharge.

Cost disparity between open repair and endovascular aneurysm repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm: a single-institute experience in Japan

“…Several prospective trials have shown that this new procedure is safe, less invasive, and clinically available [2][3][4][5][6][7][8]. In fact, there are even some reports of successful EVAR on AAAs previously treated by endovascular repair [9,10].…”