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Recurrent supra-anastomotic aneurysm following infrarenal aortic repair
Y Louagie1, A Valizadeh, C Brockman
1Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital of Mont Godinne, Catholic University of Louvain, Yvoir, Belgium.
Abstract:
A 72-year-old woman presented with a recurrent proximal aortic true aneurysm 7 years after an abdominal aortic aneurysmectomy. It was complicated by a contained rupture into the right psoas. The repair was successfully realized through a thoraco-abdominal approach. A tube graft was interposed between the proximal aorta and the old graft, associated with the reimplantation of the renal arteries. A systemic follow-up of abdominal aortic grafts by reliable diagnostic methods is advocated to provide a timely and appropriate surgical treatment of this major complication.