J Korean Radiol Soc.  2003 Jan;48(1):13-21. 10.3348/jkrs.2003.48.1.13.

Percutaneous Endovascular Stent-Graft Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms and Dissections: New Techniques and Initial Experience

• Lee DY
• Choi D
• Kang SG
• Won JW
• Lee KH
• Won JY
• Song HY

• KMID: 2103697
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3348/jkrs.2003.48.1.13

Abstract

PURPOSE: To evaluate the feasibility, safety and effectiveness of a newly designed percutaneously implanted separate stent-graft (SSG) for the treatment of aortic aneurysms and dissections.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Using a percutaneous technique, SSG placement (in the descending thoracic aorta in 26 cases and infrarenal abdominal aorta in 24) was attempted in 50 patients with aortic aneurysms (n=27) or dissection (n=23). All SSGs were individually constructed using self-expandable nitinol stents and a Dacron graft, and were introduced through a 12 F sheath and expanded to a diameter of 20-34 mm. In all cases, vascular access was through the femoral artery. The clinical status of each patient was monitored, and postoperative CT was performed within one week of the procedure and at 3-6 month intervals afterwards.
RESULTS
Endovascular stent-graft deployment was technically successful in 49 of 50 patients (98%). The one failure was due to torsion of the unsupported graft during deployment. Successful exclusion of aneurysms and the primary entry tears of dissections was achieved in all but three patients with aortic dissection. All patients in whom technical success was achieved showed complete thrombosis of the thoracic false lumen or aneurysmal sac, and the overall technical success rate was 92%. In addition, sixteen patients demonstrated complete resolution of the dissected thoracic false lumen (n=9) or aneurysmal sac (n=7). Immediate post-operative complications occurred at the femoral puncture site in one patient with an arteriovenous fistula, and in two, a new saccular aneurysm developed at the distal margin of the stent. No patient died, and there was no instance of paraplegia, stroke, side-branch occlusion or infection during the subsequent mean follow-up period of 9.4 (range, 2 to 26) months.
CONCLUSION
In patients with aortic aneurysm and dissection, treatment with a separate percutaneously inserted stent-graft is technically feasible, safe, and effective.

Keyword

Aorta, grafts and prosthesis; Aorta, aneurysm; Aorta, dissection; Aorta, interventional procedures

MeSH Terms

Aneurysm
Aorta, Abdominal
Aorta, Thoracic
Aortic Aneurysm*
Arteriovenous Fistula
Femoral Artery
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Paraplegia
Polyethylene Terephthalates
Punctures
Stents
Stroke
Thrombosis
Transplants
Polyethylene Terephthalates