Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 1346-1349, November 2010

Endoluminal treatment of type IA endoleak with Onyx

  • Joseph L. Grisafi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Joseph L. Grisafi, MD, Allegheny General Hospital, Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, 320 E North Ave, South Tower, 14th Flr, Pittsburgh, PA 15212
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  • Guillaume Boiteau, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Elizabeth Detschelt, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Jonathan Potts, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Paul Kiproff, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa
    • ,
  • Satish C. Muluk, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Surgery, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pa

Received 19 April 2010; accepted 3 June 2010. published online 23 July 2010.

Type IA endoleaks associated with endovascular aortic aneurysm repair are typically treated with endovascular adjuncts. Technical failure results when such maneuvers are unsuccessful, and endograft removal may, unfortunately, become necessary. The novel management of a recalcitrant type IA endoleak using the artificial embolization device, Onyx (Micro Therapeutics Inc, Irvine, Calif) is presented for the case of a nonagenarian with prohibitive surgical risk after conventional techniques had failed.

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 Competition of interest: none.

 The editors and reviewers of this article have no relevant financial relationships to disclose per the JVS policy that requires reviewers to decline review of any manuscript for which they may have a competition of interest.

PII: S0741-5214(10)01355-8

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2010.06.021

Journal of Vascular Surgery
Volume 52, Issue 5 , Pages 1346-1349, November 2010

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