MODULAR COMPONENT SEPARATION AND REPERFUSION OF ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM SAC AFTER ENDOVASCULAR REPAIR OF THE ABDOMINAL AORTIC-ANEURYSM - A CASE-REPORT

Transluminal placement of a stent graft in patients with an abdominal aortic aneurysm is a new endovascular technique that offers a potentia lly less invasive and less risky alternative to open surgery. Complica tions after stent graft placement are not infrequent, but in most case s secondary endovascular intervention is successful. We describe a lat e major leak in the aneurysmal sac caused by a distal migration of the iliac limb of a bifurcated graft. This late complication was successf ully treated by covered stent placement, excluding and thrombosing com pletely the reformed aneurysm.