[Endovascular treatment of XXXX . Preliminary experiences with the Talent endoprosthesis].

@entity1 @entity439 @entity1028 @entity751
BACKGROUND: The treatment of @entity1028 ( @entity1028 ) with endovascular stent-graft prostheses is receiving increasing attention as an alternative to major abdominal surgery. Numerous systems are under clinical investigations. We report our preliminary clinical results with the new Talent straight and bifurcated endografts. METHOD: We treated 5 @entity1 with 3 straight and 2 bifurcated stent-grafts implanted by surgical femoral arteriotomies and placed under fluoroscopic guidance. Control CT and angiographic examinations were performed during an average follow-up of 5.3 months. RESULTS: In the first @entity1 the procedure had to be converted to an open surgical operation to repo sition the distal end of the prosthesis. We had no mortality, or major systemic complication. Three @entity1 had a @entity751 . All @entity439 showed a decreased size at 3 months, in spite of 3 small persisting leaks. CONCLUSION: The Talent endograft is safe, and efficacious in the endovascular treatment of @entity1028 . This method requires a good cooperation between the vascular surgeon and the interventional radiologist. Learning curves influence preliminary results.
