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Explant of the Aortic Endograft: Today’s Solutions, Tomorrow’s Problems Cover

Explant of the Aortic Endograft: Today’s Solutions, Tomorrow’s Problems

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Open Access
|Mar 2023

Figures & Tables

Video 1

Non-remedial type 1 endoleaks or graft infections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjCNBZyjVb8&t=3186s.

Table 1

Techniques for embolizing type 2 endoleaks.

Transarterial:
  • superior mesenteric to inferior mesenteric

  • ascending lumbar to the lumber arteries

Perigraft
Transgraft
Transcaval
Translumbar
Transabdominal
Video 2

(at 2 minutes, 17 seconds) shows an aneurysm being opened; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2iuAFrFH4.

Table 2

Strategies for dealing with late complications of endografts.

No graft explantType 2 endoleaks
Partial graft explantSew to proximal or iliac remnants retention of suprarenal bare metal stent
Total graft explantation
Video 3

(at 4 minutes, 12 seconds) shows the technique for graft removal; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxe1hP6FF4.

Video 4

(at 7 minutes, 9 seconds) shows the technique for obtaining supraceliac control; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oOjt1X_Ns.

Video 5

(6 minutes, 16 seconds) depicts a technique for using a transected syringe to advance into the aorta and attempt to remove any super real barbs; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql409_cBJ7c&t=33s.

Video 6

(at 1 minute and 49 seconds) shows cryopreserved aortic graft; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cpm7Bz_sRQ.

Video 7

(at 5 minutes and 31 seconds) shows autogenous femoral vein graft; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPyQqO0Q9iU.

Video 8

(at 5 minutes, 7 seconds) shows how to create an omental flap; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnG0WoOLvHY&t=31s.

Table 3

Rifampin protocol.

600 mg rifampin in 500 mL saline
Ensure completely dissolved
Soak graft for 45 minutes
Video 9

(at 3 minutes, 45 seconds) demonstrates oversew of the aortic stump; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6WKuPFYnbQ.

Table 4

Adjunctive techniques.

Hepatorenal/splenorenal
Abdominal debranching
Ascending aorta to visceral bypass
Oversew stump - axillobifemoral bypass
Endograft puncture and proximal balloon control
Table 5

Reconstructive options.

In situ reconstruction
  • Rifampin soaked Dacron

  • Aorta iliac

  • Aorta femoral

  • Autogenous femoral vein (NAIS)

  • Cryopreserved aortoiliac

ExtraanatomicalAxillo femoral bypass, oversew aortic stump
Video 10

(at 1 minute, 54 seconds) shows graft explantation in the thoracic aorta; see also at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtK3Be6P84.

Table 6

Aortic videos. EVAR: endovascular aneurysm repair; TEVAR: thoracic endovascular aortic repair

PROCEDUREVIDEO LINK
The infected aortic endograft: diagnosis and therapyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IjCNBZyjVb8&t=3186s
Open repair type 2 endoleak after EVARhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-2iuAFrFH4
EVAR explantationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwUN72QBNnE
Explantation of infected aortic endograft with suprarenal fixationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ql409_cBJ7c&t=33s
Removal of infected stent graft, aortobiiliac rifampin soaked grafthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZmjBSDZhTo
Neoaortoiliac reconstructionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPyQqO0Q9iU
Oversewing an aortic stumphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6WKuPFYnbQ
Supra celiac exposurehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8oOjt1X_Ns
Omental flaphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnG0WoOLvHY&t=31s
Open aortobifemoral bypass - retroperitoneal approachhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNxe1hP6FF4
Left visceral rotationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVuMiAuw5zc
Femoral vein harvesthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Cpm7Bz_sRQ
Pseudo coarctation of aorta - removal of collapsed thoracic endografthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr4GS80-4b0
TEVAR explantation and aortoesophageal fistula repairhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDtK3Be6P84
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1176 | Journal eISSN: 1947-6108
Language: English
Page range: 38 - 48
Submitted on: Oct 20, 2022
Accepted on: Dec 15, 2022
Published on: Mar 7, 2023
Published by: Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2023 Alan B. Lumsden, published by Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center
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