Detection of isolated hook fractures 36 months after implantation of the Ancure endograft: A cautionary note
| Autor: | Sasan Najibi, Peter H. Lin, Victor J. Weiss, Alan B. Lumsden, Gerald Zemel, Elliot L. Chaikof, Barry T. Katzen, Jerilyn Steinberg |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Hook Radiography medicine.medical_treatment Prosthesis Design Prosthesis Aneurysm medicine Humans Clinical significance Aged Vascular disease business.industry Reviewing Radiologist medicine.disease Surgery Blood Vessel Prosthesis Prosthesis Failure surgical procedures operative business Complication Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Aortic Aneurysm Abdominal |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Vascular Surgery. (2):353-356 |
| ISSN: | 0741-5214 |
| DOI: | 10.1067/mva.2001.117865 |
| Popis: | Two cases of delayed (36-month) Ancure hook fracture are reported in patients who experienced a decrease in aneurysm size and no evidence of endoleak. Both devices used redesigned hooks and are otherwise identical to those devices currently used in clinical practice. Notably, hook fractures were not visualized on all abdominal radiographic views, nor were they noted on the final "institutional" report by the reviewing radiologist. Careful clinical follow-up with multiple-view abdominal radiographs remains essential for all patients treated with an endovascular graft, with particular attention directed to the integrity of the metal components. The broader clinical significance of this observation with respect to the Ancure endograft remains to be defined. (J Vasc Surg 2001;34:353-6.) |
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