Complications after endovascular aneurysm repair.

Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has become an established technique for the treatment of many infrarenal aortic aneurysms. Although EVAR is obviously less invasive than open surgical repair, it is not free of complications. These can potentially result in severe morbidity or even mortality, stressing the need for an early detection and subsequent treatment.

Mural thrombotic deposits in abdominal aortic endografts are common and do not require additional treatment at short-term and midterm follow-up.

Purpose: To assess the incidence and clinical significance of thrombotic, nonocclusive mural deposits in abdominal aortic stent-grafts incidentally found on follow-up computed tomography scans after endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR).

Materials And Methods: Between 1998 and 2007, 288 patients underwent EVAR of an infrarenal aortic aneurysm. In the majority of cases, a Zenith stent-graft (n = 187) or Excluder stent-graft (n = 71) was implanted.

Limb occlusion after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with supported endografts.

Purpose: To assess the time period of onset, etiology, and outcomes of limb occlusion after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms with supported endografts.

Materials And Methods: From 1998 to 2007, 288 patients underwent endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) to exclude an infrarenal aortic aneurysm. In the majority of patients, a Zenith stent-graft (n = 187) or Excluder stent-graft (n = 71) was implanted.