IS THERE AN IDEAL ENDOVASCULAR DEVICE TO TREAT ISOLATED ILIAC OR POPLITEAL ARTERY ANEURYSMS?
CS Cinà, R Moore 1, CA Hinojosa, L Garrido-Olivares, L Carvalho-Perron, J Pettit, L Pawlowski, L Harrison Division of Vascular Surgery, McMaster University and University of Calgary1 Background: Isolated iliac (IIAA) and popliteal artery aneurysms (PPA) are the second most common after those of the abdominal aorta (AAA). No specific endograft exists to treat IIAA or PAA. In this setting, covered stents or limbs of endovascular grafts primarily designed to treat AAA have been used. The main issues with these grafts are: short lengths, the need for multiple stents with consequent decrease in lumen and differential longitudinal compliance; graft failure due to angulation and repeated movement at the joint level; and dislodgment of the stents at the landing and overlapping zones. Purpose: To report the feasibility of treating IAA and PPA with a new endovascular stent made of thin polyester externally supported by separate nitinol rings, which have ideal characteristics of diameters, length
