First report of a late type III endoleak from fabric tears of a Zenith stent graft

Anders Wanhainen; Rickard Nyman; Mats-Ola Eriksson; Martin Björck

doi:10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.047

First report of a late type III endoleak from fabric tears of a Zenith stent graft

J Vasc Surg. 2008 Sep;48(3):723-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.047.

Authors

Anders Wanhainen¹, Rickard Nyman, Mats-Ola Eriksson, Martin Björck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, Section of Vascular Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden. andwan@algonet.se

PMID: 18727968
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2008.03.047

Abstract

We report a case of a late type III endoleak from a hole in the fabric of the main body of a Zenith bifurcated endograft 7 years after implantation. Abdominal pain and a rapidly expanding aneurysm were eventually followed by rupture. The defect was detected at open surgery, whereas no evidence of endoleak was found at preoperative computed tomography (CT) or angiogram. The defect was repaired by a relining procedure with an Excluder stent graft. The patient, however, died 3 weeks after admission.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abdominal Pain / etiology
Aged
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery*
Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
Aortic Rupture / etiology
Aortic Rupture / surgery*
Aortography / methods
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / instrumentation*
Blood Vessel Prosthesis*
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Prosthesis Design
Prosthesis Failure*
Reoperation
Stents*
Time Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed