Midterm clinical success and behavior of the aneurysm sac after endovascular AAA repair with the Excluder graft Germano Melissano, MD, Luca Bertoglio, MD, Gloria Esposito, MD, Efrem Civilini, MD, Francesco Setacci, MD, Roberto Chiesa, MD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 42, Issue 6, Pages 1052-1057 (December 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009 Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Mid-term survival (Kaplan-Meier). No death was aneurysm- or device-related. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 42, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Sac behavior during follow-up. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 42, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 Mean abdominal aortic aneurysm sac diameters in patients with or without the presence of type II endoleak during follow-up. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 42, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 4 A, Gore Excluder device converted to open surgery (3 years after endovascular aneurysm repair performed at a different center) for aneurysm (from 7 to 9 cm), possibly owing to trans-graft passage of fluid from the aortic lumen to the sac. B, The perigraft gelatinous material is absent in the neck areas (*) and in the overlapping zone of the graft (arrow), suggesting a role of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene porosity in its formation. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 42, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions
Fig 5 Retroperitoneal seroma in a patient 2 years after implantation of a bifurcated expanded polytetrafluoroethylene Goretex (W.L. Gore and Assoc, Flagstaff, Arizona) stretch graft for occlusive disease (no aneurismal sac). Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 42, 1052-1057DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2005.05.009) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery Terms and Conditions