PERCUTANEOUS ENDOLUMINAL BYPASS OF ILIAC ANEURYSMS WITH A COVERED STENT

To evaluate the feasibility of percutaneous treatment of iliac aneurys ms, a covered stent was inserted in nine men suffering from common ili ac artery aneurysms (six cases), external iliac aneurysms (one case), or pseudoaneurysms (two cases). Placement of the stent was successful in all patients. In one patient, an endoprosthesis thrombosed after 15 days, but was successfully treated by thrombolysis and additional ste nt placement. At the follow-up examinations (mean period 22 months) al l stent-grafts had remained patent. No late leakage or stenosis was ob served.