Treatment of six hepatic artery aneurysms.
Ann Vasc Surg
; 18(1): 93-9, 2004 Jan.
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| ID: mdl-14534841
Hepatic artery aneurysms are rare lesions but of significant clinical importance because rupture is associated with elevated mortality. Although diagnosis using CT scanning and, more importantly, angiography has been well defined, the therapeutic choices are less clear. We retrospectively selected patients from 1985 to 2000 who were treated with either traditional surgical or percutaneous techniques. In total we treated six patients, four males and two females. This represents 17.6% of 34 patients treated by us for splanchnic artery aneurysms. The treatment was surgical in two cases (33.3%) and percutaneous in four cases (66.6%). All lesions were successfully treated with exclusion/ablation of the aneurysm. Mortality was nil; in one of the surgical cases we reported a transient hepatic failure and in the endovascular group, one right pleural effusion, one small splenic infarction, and one pseudoaneurysm of the gastroduodenal artery. The first therapeutic strategy to be taken into consideration is always the percutaneous approach. However, surgery still has a role in those cases where the lesion cannot be repaired percutaneously. Based on our own experience (good results, no mortality, and few complications) and in accordance with the literature, it is clear that an aggressive approach is warranted in those patients.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Procedimentos Cirúrgicos Vasculares
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Embolização Terapêutica
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Artéria Hepática
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Aneurisma
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ann Vasc Surg
Assunto da revista:
ANGIOLOGIA
Ano de publicação:
2004
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Itália
País de publicação:
Holanda