Non-curative surgery for aortoenteric fistula.

Graft infection with secondary aortic fistula is a rare complication following implantation of aortic prostheses, frequently occurring after emergency procedures and reoperations. The condition is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality. Curative treatment consists of explantation of the infected graft followed by fistula revision and implantation of a new graft in combination with antimicrobial therapy.

Treatment of a hepatic artery aneurysm by endovascular stent-grafting.

Aneurysms of the visceral arteries are rare. Traditional treatment has been surgical or endovascular with coil embolization. Recently, however, reports on endovascular therapy with stent-grafts have been published.

Flow measurement before and after papaverine injection in above-knee prosthetic femoropopliteal bypass.

Objective: To investigate the value of intraoperative blood flow measurements on early and long-term patency of above-knee prosthetic femoropopliteal bypass.

Methods: Flow was measured with a transit time flowmeter before (basal flow) and after an intragraft injection of papaverine (papaverine flow) in 87 operations (86 patients) between January 1990 and December 2001. Sixty-one grafts were of polyester, and 26 were of polytetrafluoroethylene.

[Use of stents in abdominal aortic aneurysms].

Background: Endovascular treatment of aortic aneurysms has acquired a widespread application. We present the results of endovascular treatment of infrarenal, abdominal aortic aneurysms in our hospital from 1995 through 2002.

Material And Method: Seventy-one stent graft procedures were performed on 69 patients (64 men), mean age 72 years (range 48-96 years).