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Foreign body embolies that origin arterial system have mostly seen symptomatic and that's why they require emergency surgery. However, asymptomatic cases are followed conservatively, they can cause vascular-related end-organ pathologies as time passes. Foreign body migration from the ascending aorta to the end-organ artery is a very rare in literature after a fire gun injury. In symptomatic cases, emergency surgery should be planned immediately. In asymptomatic cases, the risks and benefits should first be considered before any surgical approach.
Las embolias de cuerpo extraño que tienen origen en el sistema arterial se han presentado en su mayoría sintomáticas y por eso requieren cirugía de emergencia. Sin embargo, los casos asintomáticos se siguen de manera conservadora, pueden causar patologías vasculares relacionadas con los órganos diana a medida que pasa el tiempo. La migración de cuerpos extraños desde la aorta ascendente hasta la arteria del órgano blanco es muy rara en la literatura después de una lesión por arma de fuego. Casos sintomáticos, la cirugía de emergencia debe planificarse de inmediato. En casos asintomáticos, primero se deben considerar los riesgos y beneficios antes de cualquier abordaje quirúrgico.
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AIM: In this research, we aimed to present early follow-up results of the endovascular treatment in patients with Leriche syndrome at our single center. METHODS AND MATERIALS: Between October 2020 and January 2022, 14 patients with Leriche syndrome (12 men, two women) who underwent endovascular treatment at our center retrospectively were evaluated. Before the treatment, the ankle-brachial index (ABI) was found 0.50 ± 0.11 on the right leg and 0.45 ± 0.09 on the left leg. RESULTS: All of the patients with Leriche syndrome applied to our clinic for the first time. In five patients, the fully occluded lesion length was over 3 cm (ranging between 3.5-7.2 cm), hence they were treated with aortic and bilateral iliac bare metallic stents. Although in one patient, the aortic occluding lesion was below 3 cm; it was treated with a bare aortic and bilateral bare iliac stent application because the lesion in the aorta was too calcific. In eight patients, the lesion length was less than 3 cm, bilateral iliac metal bare stents were applied in a kissing stent way. CONCLUSION: Endovascular therapy for chronic aorto-iliac occlusive disease has an early high technical success with primary and secondary patency rates. Especially in patients with high risk factors, it may be considered as a good alternative to conventional surgery.
