Endoluminal stent grafts for XXXX : experience at a major teaching hospital in Hong Kong.

@entity1 @entity2009 @entity2293 @entity260 @entity439 @entity397 @entity2333 @entity1580 @entity2849
BACKGROUND: The purpose of the present paper was to review the initial experience of an endovascular aortic stent graft program at a major teaching hospital in Hong Kong. METHODS: Demographics, operative details, complications and follow-up data of all the @entity1 receiving endovascular repair for @entity2333 were recorded prospectively. RESULTS: Between July 1999 and December 2001, endovascular repairs were attempted in 39 @entity1 with @entity2333 . The procedural success rate was 97.4%. Thirty-three procedures were for abdominal aorto-iliac @entity439 . Graft configuration was bifurcated in 28 @entity1 (85%) while an aorto-uni-iliac device with a femoro-femoral bypass was carried out in the remaining five @entity1 . Thoracic procedures were carried out for one thoracic aortic @entity439 , two traumatic thoracic aortic injuries, one @entity1580 , and one thoracic aortic @entity2849 with @entity2009 . There was one hospital mortality (2.6%) from a type A @entity1580 with @entity2293 . @entity260 were seen in seven @entity1 (18%). With a mean follow-up of 11.6 +/- 8.1 months, there was no open conversion or @entity397 . The endoleak rate was 27% at discharge, 15% at 6 months and 5% at 12 months postoperatively. For @entity439 endografts, the @entity439 sac decreased in size in 21 @entity1 (62%), and remained static in 13 @entity1 (38%). CONCLUSIONS: The endoluminal stent graft appears to be a promising device that can be used safely in selected @entity1 with @entity2333 . Continued follow-up is required to monitor the presence of endoleak and the size of the @entity439 sac.
