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Case Reports

Alternative Approach for Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, NCC Città di Alessandria, Alessandria, Italy

Accepted for publication September 3, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Sandrelli, Department of Cardiovascular Disease, NCC Città di Alessandria, Via Buozzi 20, Alessandria, 15100, Italy (Email: luca.sandrelli{at}alice.it).

Endovascular treatment of thoracic aortic aneurysms is limited in patients with small or calcified femoral arteries, with the most serious complication being rupture at the insertion site or distal sections of the artery. To overcome this, an iliac conduit is normally created by surgical exposure. We used an original access in a patient with a thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and narrow femoral artery to introduce the endovascular prosthesis directly into the surgically exposed iliac artery by a small laparotamy and abdominal wall tunnel without iliac conduit. The endoprosthesis was easily implanted, and complete hemostasis was achieved with minimal blood loss.