Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 1147-1153 , May 2009

Open vs. endovascular repair of isolated iliac artery aneurysms: A 12-year experience

Presented at the Thirty-sixth Annual Symposium for the Society of Clinical Vascular Surgery, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 5-8, 2008.

Received 1 October 2008 ,Accepted 26 November 2008.

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    Isolated iliac artery aneurysms.

    Isolated iliac artery aneurysms.

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    A, Digital subtraction angiogram of 4.3 cm isolated left common iliac artery aneurysm with a 30 mm proximal neck. B, Completion digital subtraction angiogram after left internal iliac artery coil embo

    A, Digital subtraction angiogram of 4.3 cm isolated left common iliac artery aneurysm with a 30 mm proximal neck. B, Completion digital subtraction angiogram after left internal iliac artery coil embolization and placement of two iliac limb endografts with extension into the external iliac artery. C, Computed tomography angiogram demonstrating residual aneurysm sac (4.0 cm) and a type II endoleak at 58 months postoperatively. D, Computed tomography angiogram demonstrating a new type III endoleak and enlargement of the aneurysm sac to 5.0 cm at 72 months postoperatively.

 Competition of interest: Dr. Long is a paid consultant to Cook, Inc, and Medtronic. Dr Brown is a paid speaker for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc.

PII: S0741-5214(08)02110-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.11.101

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 49, Issue 5 , Pages 1147-1153 , May 2009