Treatment of a ruptured iliac aneurysm with an endoluminal stent graft

Hong Kong Med J. 2002 Apr;8(2):145-8.

Abstract

The management of a 79-year-old man presenting with a ruptured common iliac aneurysm is described. The patient had multiple medical problems including hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation, as well as a left hemispheric stroke 5 years previously. Traditional open surgery was judged unsuitable in this case because of the predicted poor outcome. The patient was subsequently treated successfully with endoluminal stent grafting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / diagnosis
  • Aneurysm, Ruptured / surgery*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
  • Humans
  • Iliac Aneurysm / diagnosis
  • Iliac Aneurysm / surgery*
  • Male
  • Stents*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed