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  • Title: Endovascular repair of a common iliac artery aneurysm using the Cook Zenith abdominal aortic aneurysm Endovascular Graft Converter.
    Author: Crago AM, Singh N, Deaton DH, Neville RF, Laredo J.
    Journal: Vasc Endovascular Surg; 2008; 42(1):54-7. PubMed ID: 18238868.
    Abstract:
    Isolated common iliac artery aneurysm is a rare condition that is treated aggressively because of its high risk of rupture. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair has recently been extended to the clinical management of the iliac artery aneurysm. Stent grafts have been used successfully to exclude iliac artery aneurysms. Successful graft deployment and aneurysm exclusion require adequate seal and fixation at the proximal and distal attachment sites. This article presents a high-risk surgical patient whose 6.8-cm-diameter iliac artery aneurysm was repaired with a Zenith AAA Endovascular Graft Converter (Cook, Bloomington, Indiana). This device is normally used to convert an aortobiiliac endograft to an aortouniiliac endograft during AAA repair. The tapered 80-mm-long graft has diameters of 24 mm proximally and 12 mm distally. Completion arteriogram demonstrated exclusion of the iliac artery aneurysm with no evidence of endoleak. No postoperative complications occurred. No endoleak was seen on the follow-up abdominal computed tomography scan.
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