BACKGROUND The management of ruptured C6 aneurysms remains controversial. Detailed long-term outcome data are still lacking. Thus the present study provided a detailed long term follow-up for a multidisciplinary approach combining microsurgical clipping, endovascular embolisation and parent artery occlusion with/without bypass protection. METHODS In our single centre analysis of 64 consecutiv...

OBJECTIVE To compare endovascular and standard open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms in terms of initial in-hospital costs and the costs of secondary interventions and surveillance. DESIGN A retrospective study. SETTING A university-affiliated tertiary care medical centre. PATIENTS Seven patients who underwent elective endovascular (EV) repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 1998 a...

OBJECTIVE Although the surgical management of brachiocephalic disease is well established, evolving endovascular techniques present new options for treatment. We explored the potential benefits and drawbacks of these interventions in terms of outcome. METHODS From 1966 to 2004, 391 consecutive patients (43.7% male; mean age, 61.9 years) with single-vessel brachiocephalic disease were treated ...

Endovascular treatment of ascending aorta pseudoaneurysms with coronary stents implantation at the same procedure was feasible, although longer followup is necessary.

PURPOSE To study the results including long-term follow-up obtained with endovascular treatment of patients with intermittent claudication who did not experience clinical improvement with conservative treatment. METHODS From January 1992 to January 2002, 62 of 1380 patients (4.5%) with intermittent claudication underwent endovascular treatment and were followed up for up to 120 months (mean 7...

OBJECTIVE Endovascular interventions such as thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) have largely replaced invasive open procedures, and have been demonstrated to be effective in treating patients. Our study used endovascular simulation to assess the effect of TEVAR rehearsal on surgical trainees at different levels in training. DESIGN Participants were oriented on an endovascular simulat...

We report a renal transplant recipient infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis who presented with severe intestinal bleeding. The bleeding was the result of an injured vessel of mesenteric artery distal branches diagnosed by traditional arteriography and computed tomography angiography. As the patient's condition was serious, the only considered rescue therapy was endovascular treatment. The e...

Background: Although endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm has been found to be beneficial in very elderly patients, some patients have contraindications to this procedure. For nonagenarians, the results of open repair remain unclear. The purpose of this study was to compare the outcomes of open vs. endovascular repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm in nonagenarian patients. Methods ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the technical success, complications and outcome of endovascular management of post traumatic carotid cavernous fistula (CCF) in patients presenting at a tertiary care hospital in Karahci. METHODS Descriptive case series of 26 patients of post traumatic CCF treated by endovascular techniques was carried out at Radiology and Neurosurgery departments of Aga Khan University...

Objective : The authors present the result of endovascular treatment in cases of residual or recurrent cerebral aneurysms after surgery. Methods : 370 cases harboring 410 aneurysms underwent endovascular coil embolization over the past eight years. We selected 13 cases that underwent coil embolization in the post-surgical condition with residual or recurrent aneurysms. Radiologic and clinical d...