Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1101 , June 2007

Total percutaneous access for endovascular aortic aneurysm repair (“Preclose” technique)

Presented at the Annual Meeting of the New England Society for Vascular Surgery, Boston, Mass, Sep 22-24, 2006.

Received 12 November 2006 ,Accepted 19 January 2007.

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    Distribution of sheath sizes in the Preclose (striped) and surgical (solid) cohort. There were significantly higher proportions of 16F sheaths in the Preclose group (*P = .03) and 18F sheaths in the s

    Distribution of sheath sizes in the Preclose (striped) and surgical (solid) cohort. There were significantly higher proportions of 16F sheaths in the Preclose group (*P = .03) and 18F sheaths in the surgical group (#P < .0001).

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    Technical success rate by sheath size for the Preclose technique.

    Technical success rate by sheath size for the Preclose technique.

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    Computed tomography images illustrate anatomic contraindications to the Preclose technique. A, Morbid obesity with thick pannus. B, Severe iliofemoral calcifications.

    Computed tomography images illustrate anatomic contraindications to the Preclose technique. A, Morbid obesity with thick pannus. B, Severe iliofemoral calcifications.

 Competition of interest: none.CME article

PII: S0741-5214(07)00145-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2007.01.050

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1095-1101 , June 2007

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