Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic para-anastomotic pseudoaneurysm

• Main Authors: Leonardo Ghizoni Bez, Francesco Evangelista Botelho, Julio Cesar Arantes Maciel, Danilo Martins Cardinelli
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Angiologia e de Cirurgia Vascular (SBACV) 2013-06-01
• Series: Jornal Vascular Brasileiro
• Subjects: pseudoaneurisma; aorta; complicacoes pos-operatorias; aneurisma aortico; procedimentos endovasculares
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-54492013000200180&lng=en&tlng=en

Para-anastomotic aneurysms are either true aneurysms or pseudoaneurysms. The latter tend to be asymptomatic until rupture. Para-anastomotic aneurysms should be approached surgically, despite the high morbidity and mortality associated with their treatment. This report describes the case of a 68-year-old woman who presented with a para-anastomotic pseudoaneurysm secondary to infrarenal aortic aneurysmectomy. We chose to use an endovascular approach, and results were good. Endovascular techniques are increasingly becoming the method of choice in the treatment of anastomotic pseudoaneurysms.