A 68-year-old man was referred to our hospital with a history of severe abdominal and
back pain for 3 days. Five years earlier, he received an AneuRx
stent-graft for an asymptomatic 51-mm infrarenal AAA, but he had not appeared for scheduled follow-up examinations. Computed tomographic angiography (CTA) showed a 72-mm AAA with bilateral common
iliac aneurysms of 25 and 24 mm, respectively. The aortic segment of the AneuRx
stent-graft appeared to be migrated distally by at least 20 mm; however, no type I
endoleak was visible. Both distal iliac ends of the AneuRx
stent-graft were migrated proximally and appeared to be floating free in the
aneurysm sac, causing a bilateral type I
endoleak distally. At operation, a 28-mm Talent aortic extension was inserted and dilated to cover the proximal migration zone. A Talent 28x16x126-mm aortomonoiliac
stent-graft was reversed, re-installed into the deployment device, and deployed into the right AneuRx limb. The same procedure was followed on the left side, with deployment of a reversed 26x16x126-mm aortomonoiliac device. Angiography showed a fully excluded
aneurysm with good anchoring of both
stent-grafts. The patient was discharged on the third postoperative day in good general condition, without evidence of
endoleak. At 3 and 6 months, CTA demonstrated no change in the position of the
stent-graft and no signs of
endoleak.
CONCLUSION: