From April 2010 to April 2021, we examined 12 patients(including 2 patients from other
hospitals)who underwent LOC after EVAR at our hospital. During this period, the number of EVARs in our
hospital was 234, and the LOC rate in our hospital was 4.3%(10/234 cases). The stent grafts(SG)used were
Endurant in 6 cases, Excluder in 4 cases, Zenith and AFX in 1 case each. The aortic diameter before EVAR
was 57.5 ± 8.9 mm, the period from EVAR to LOC was 35.5 ± 21.6 months, and the aortic diameter before
LOC was 65.3 ± 13.5 mm. The reasons for LOC were 1 case of enlargement of aneurysm due to migration, 10
cases of enlargement of aneurysm due to endoleak(EL), and 2 cases of infection(1 case was aorto-duodenal
fistula). Nine patients underwent aneurysmorrhaphy and aneurysmal neck banding. In one case of migration,
the SG trunk was cut below the renal artery, the native aorta and the SG trunk were anastomosed bifurcated
vascular prosthesis, and the distal vascular prosthesis was fixed with a bare stent in the SG leg. In infected cases,
aneurysmorrhaphy, aneurysmal neck banding and omentopexy were performed in one case, and in aorto-duodenal
fistula case, complete debridement and omentopexy around aorto-duodenal fistula and SG were performed. Of the
9 cases caused by EL, 7 cases showed aneurysm shrinkage, but 1 case remained unchanged and 1 case showed
a slight enlargement. In our department, we basically performed aneurysmorrhaphy and aneurysmal neck banding
with preserving SG, but it was considered that strict follow-up was required even after surgery.
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