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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec 18;2016(12):rjw198.
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjw198.

Stent graft repair of anastomotic pseudoaneurysm of femoral-popliteal bypass graft following patch angioplasty

Andrea Carollo  1 , Giovanni Gagliardo  2 , Peter M DeVito  2 , Michael Cicchillo  2
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Stent graft repair of anastomotic pseudoaneurysm of femoral-popliteal bypass graft following patch angioplasty

Andrea Carollo et al. J Surg Case Rep. .

Abstract

Pseudoaneurysm (PA) following vascular reconstruction is a complication of bypass surgery. Historically, the mainstay of treatment was an open repair; the surgical management consisted of resection of the initial graft with reimplantation of a new bypass either into the original arteriotomy or to a more distal target. Placement of a stent graft to exclude the PA is a viable option. We present a case of an 85-year-old man with prior history of polytetrafluoroethylene femoral-popliteal bypass now with an 8 × 5.6 cm PA of the distal anastomosis site treated with endovascular placement of a Viabahn stent.

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Coronal view of popliteal PS of distal anastomosis site of femoral–popliteal bypass.
Figure 2:
Figure 2:
Axial view of popliteal PS measuring 7.97 × 5.6 cm.
Figure 3:
Figure 3:
Three-dimensional reconstruction image of PS.
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