Ayman Refaat1, Ahmed EL-Marakby, Ahmed Farghaly2, Hossam ELShamaa3, Mohamed Ibrahim4, Mohamed Hamed Salem5
Ahmed Gamal Eldin Fouad¹, Ahmed Faraghaly¹, Ahmed Elmarakby¹, Fatma Zeinhom²
1Amr Saleh El Bahaey, 2Ahmed Balboula
Fouad S. Fouad1 and Abdelrahman Mohamed2
1Mohamed Salama, 1Heba G.M. Mahmoud, 2Marwa Nabil, 1Mohamed Hassan
1Hebatallah G.M. Mahmoud, 1Mohamed Salama, 1John Wahib, 2Salem Eid, 1Omaya Nassar
Wael Ahmed Ghanem, Ahmed Bassiouny Radwan
Wael Ghanem
Sherif M. Mokhtar1 , Shady Elghazaly Harb1 , Hossam Hussein2 ,Shady Nabil Mashhour3
Shady Elghazaly Harb, Sherif M. Mokhtar, Sameh Mikhail
Osama G. Fahmy, Osama A. Radwan & Mohamed I. Monier
Ayman El Samadoni, Haitham A. Eldmarany and Amr El Bahaey
Salah M. Raslan MD and Hany M. Elbarbary MD, FRCS, FACS
Ayman El Samadoni1 , Haitham A.Eldmarany2
Hamdy A. Elhady
Hassan A. Abdallah1, Abd-El-Aal A. Saleem1, Osama A. AbdulRaheem1, Mohamed Yousef A2
Maged Rihan, MD, MRCS Mohamed M.Raslan ,MD
Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk, MD
Sherif Essam Tawfik MD, Mohamed Abd El-Monem Abd El-Salam Rizk MD, Abd elrahman Mohamed MD
Wael A Jumuah, MD; Yasser El Ghamrini, MD; Karim Sabry Abdel Samee, MD, MRCS (Ed)
Ahmed Sayed1,2, Hussein Elwan1 , Mostafa Elshal2, Ahmed Taha1,2
EVAR in Hostile Aortic Neck; indications outside the IFU’s
Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the outcome of unselected, real-world patients with ‘‘off-label’’
proximal necks treated with endovascular repair (EVAR). Patients and Methods: This is a retrospective
study of 9 patients with AAA who underwent endovascular repair over a period of 18 months from January
2013 and were followed up for one year. All patients had an aortic neck that had challenging anatomy
either short (less than 10 mm) (n=4) or severely angulated (more than 60°) (n=5). None of them had more
than 50% of the neck circumference lined by mural thrombus. None of the patients had a conical neck. The
follow-up protocol included physical examination, duplex-ultrasound scan (DUS), and CT at 30 days.
Results: During the study period, 9 patients underwent standard EVAR. They were 7 men and 2 women
with an age range of 56 to 74 with a mean of 65 years. All of them had one or more comorbidities such as:
Diabetes (n=3), hypertension (n=5), coronary artery disease (CAD)(n=4), COPD (n=2) and previous
laparotomy (n=1). The device that was used is the Endurant II®
(Medtronic, Santa Rosa, CA, USA).
Immediate technical success was achieved in all cases. One patient had meutc afcem aumr uaym etuca and
one had temporary camr afsyuaetuca within 30 days. At 1-year follow-up, 1 patient suffered a type Ia
endoleak which required a proximal aortic extension, and 1 had an acute iliac limb occlusion, treated by
surgical thromboembolectomy. Conclusion: This study presents some limitations; it is a non-randomized
retrospective study with a small number of patients. Also, a longer follow-up would be needed to confirm
the durability of EVAR in patients with hostile aortic necks. We do confirm the notion that this minimally
invasive procedure can be performed safely and effectively in patients with challenging neck anatomy.
Keywords: EVAR, AAA, endoleak.