Type IIIB endoleak from stent suture lines of a thoracic endograft

Kyokun Uehara, MD, PhD; Taishi Inoue, MD; Jiro Matsuo, MD; Hiroaki Sasaki, MD, PhD; Hitoshi Matsuda, MD, PhD

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Sep 2019)

Type IIIB endoleak from stent suture lines of a thoracic endograft

Kyokun Uehara, MD, PhD,
Taishi Inoue, MD,
Jiro Matsuo, MD,
Hiroaki Sasaki, MD, PhD,
Hitoshi Matsuda, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Kyokun Uehara, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Taishi Inoue, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Jiro Matsuo, MD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Hiroaki Sasaki, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Hitoshi Matsuda, MD, PhD: Correspondence: Hitoshi Matsuda, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, 5-7-1 Fujishiro-dai, Suita, Osaka 565-8565, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 3
pp. 214 – 217

Abstract

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We report a case of a patient with type IIIB endoleak after thoracic endovascular aortic repair that remained undetected by computed tomography and was first diagnosed during open conversion surgery. The aneurysm enlarged gradually from 60 to 78 mm without type I and type II endoleaks during 3 to 6 years after thoracic endovascular aortic repair. Type IIIB endoleaks from nitinol stent suture lines were detected, and the endograft was then explanted and replaced by a vascular graft. Keywords: Type IIIB endoleak, Thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair, Endograft

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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