Enlarging Paravisceral Aortic Aneurysm Treated With In Situ Laser Fenestration of Physician-Modified Stent Graft for Preservation of Accessory Renal Arteries

Abstract

Purpose:

In situ laser fenestration (LISF) was performed as a bailout procedure to ensure renal perfusion during complex aortic aneurysm repair.

Case Report:

A 69 year-old male patient with previous repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm who presented with increasing lower back pain and an enlarging, 6-cm, perivisceral aortic aneurysm that required urgent repair. Given potential complications and risks of redo open repair, we performed endovascular repair via deployment of a 5-vessel fenestrated physician modified stent graft (PMEG) with stent placement to the celiac, superior mesenteric, right renal, and 2 of the larger 3 left renal arteries. The renal artery planned for sacrifice was found intraoperatively to be perfusing a large portion of the kidney. Subsequently, LISF was used to cannulate and salvage perfusion to the third renal artery. Completion aortogram demonstrated patency of all renal visceral vessels with no vessel leak. Follow-up CT angiogram 1 year later demonstrated aortic graft with all visceral stents patent, no endoleak, and a reduction in residual aneurysm sac.

Conclusion:

Even with careful planning and design of a physician modified stent graft, in situ laser fenestration provides an option to successfully create additional stents intraoperatively in order to preserve perfusion to critical visceral organs.

Clinical Impact

In situ laser fenestration will provide surgeons with a valuable intra-operative method to create additional stents when organ perfusion would otherwise be lost. As more surgeons develop this technical ability and more long-term outcomes are studied, this method has the possibility to not only be used for urgent and emergent cases but may one day be an acceptable variation to standard practice.

Keywords

aortic surgery endovascular surgery physician-modified stent graft in situ fenestration abdominal aortic aneurysm

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