Total endovascular repair of a common femoral artery aneurysm with a bifurcated endograft through a single ipsilateral approach.

Aneurysms of the common femoral and profunda femoris arteries are rare. Open surgical repair is the treatment of choice, even though hybrid and total endovascular repair with stent graft placement are reported in the literature. We describe a case of a successful total endovascular repair of a common femoral aneurysm extending to the profunda femoris with a bifurcated abdominal endograft placed in the common femoral artery with distal landing in profunda femoris and superficial femoral artery to preserve flow in both arteries.

Predictors of type IIIa endoleak after endovascular aortic repair with anatomic fixation endografts.

Objective: Concern regarding the use of anatomic fixation endografts was raised, as previous data suggested increased risk of late device uncoupling and type IIIa endoleak (EL) in this setting. Some risk factors have been identified as predictors of graft failure. We aim to determine if increase in aortic tortuosity index (TI) over the time is associated with an increased risk of type IIIa EL.

Thirty-three vascular residency programs among 13 countries joining forces to improve surgical education in times of COVID-19: A survey-based assessment.

Background: Academic interaction with mentors has almost become minimal due to the current pandemic of COVID-19. The objective of this study is to introduce how a group of vascular surgery residencies joined forces to improve surgical education in times of COVID-19.

Methods: On May 2020, a group of Hispanic American vascular residency programs created webinar sessions of arterial and venous clinical cases among vascular residents across Latin America and Europe.

Worldwide results from the RESTORE II on elective endografting of thoracic aneurysms and dissections.

Objective: To assess safety, performance, and efficacy of the RELAY thoracic stent graft (Bolton Medical, Barcelona, Spain) in the treatment of patients who require elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair including aneurysms and dissections.

Methods: The RELAY Endovascular Registry for Thoracic Disease II (RESTORE II) is a multicenter, prospective, international cohort study involving 21 centers in 12 countries worldwide. All consecutively included patients underwent elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair with a RELAY or RELAY NBS stent graft (including off the shelf and custom-made devices) to repair thoracic aortic aneurysms or dissections.