Purpose: This report describes our experience with endovascular stented graft repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms and other arterial lesions.
Methods: Between September 1990 and April 1994, 57 patients were treated with endovascular stented grafts (50 with abdominal aortic aneurysms or iliac aneurysms; five with traumatic arteriovenous fistulas; one with an infected femoral false aneurysm; and one with a false aneurysm of the proximal right common carotid artery). The devices consist of either a Dacron or an autogenous vein graft sutured to a balloon-expandable stent. The stented grafts are placed through remote arteriotomies, advanced under fluoroscopic guidance to their predetermined sites, and secured into position.
