Saphenous vein ablation with a new cyanoacrylate glue device: a systematic review on 1000 cases.

Background: To review published evidence regarding an n-butyl-cyanoacrylate (NBCA) injection device for great (GSV) and small (SSV) saphenous vein incompetence in terms of occlusion rate, postoperative complications and quality of life improvement.

Material And Methods: International bibliographic databases (PubMed, EMBASE, Scopus) were searched to identify possible target articles. The only inclusion criterion was the use of the Variclose system (Biolas, Ankara, Turkey) for superficial vein insufficiency.

Ten years of endovascular aortic arch repair.

Purpose: To evaluate a 10-year single-center experience of arch endovascular aortic repair (AEVAR) using the hybrid approach.

Methods: Between 1999 and 2009, 311 patients were treated with endografts for thoracic aortic pathologies. The aortic arch was involved in 116 (37.

Aorto-iliac aneurysm associated with congenital pelvic kidney: a short series of successful open repairs under hypothermic selective renal perfusion.

The occurrence of congenital pelvic kidney (cPK) during aorto-iliac aneurysm repair is an extremely unusual finding. We report a series of four patients with aorto-iliac aneurysm and associated cPK who underwent aorto-iliac repair at our institution over the last 10 years. Aorto-iliac aneurysm repair under cPK selective hypothermic perfusion was successfully accomplished in all cases.

Hybrid approach to thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms in patients with prior aortic surgery.

Objective: The hybrid approach to the repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA), consisting of visceral aortic debranching with retrograde revascularization of the splanchnic and renal arteries and aneurysm exclusion using stent grafts, has been previously described and may be considered particularly appealing in high-risk patients, especially those who have undergone prior aortic surgery. This study analyzed prospectively recorded data of a series of high-risk patients with prior aortic surgery who underwent hybrid TAAA repair at our institute and contrasted the outcomes with those of a similar group of patients who underwent conventional open TAAA repair.

Methods: Between 2001 and 2006, 13 patients (12 men) with a median age of 69.