Delayed migration of a thrombosed aortic endograft within a thrombosed aneurysm sac resulting in continued sac

Edvard Skripochnik1, Nicos Labropoulos1, Shang A Loh1

  • 1Division of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Health Sciences Center T19-090, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, NY.

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