Treatment of a ruptured iliac aneurysm with an endoluminal stent graft

ACW Ting, SWK Cheng, KF Kwok
Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Hong Kong, Queen Mary Hospital, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong

The management of a 79-year-old man presenting with a ruptured common iliac aneurysm is described. The patient had multiple medical problems including hypertension, ischaemic heart disease, and atrial fibrillation, as well as a left hemispheric stroke 5 years previously. Traditional open surgery was judged unsuitable in this case because of the predicted poor outcome. The patient was subsequently treated successfully with endoluminal stent grafting.

Hong Kong Med J 2002;8:145-8

Key words: Aneurysm, ruptured; Aortic aneurysm, abdominal; Iliac aneurysm; Stents