Exploring Type IIIb Endoleaks: A Literature Review to Identify Possible Physical Mechanisms and Implications
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1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
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N (%) | |
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Type of Endoprothesis | |
AFX-Strata (Endologix), AFX-Duraply (Endologix, Inc., Irvine, CA, USA) | 54 (34.6%) |
Zenith Flex (Cook Medical, Bloomington, IN, USA) | 31 (19.9%) |
Talent (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | 20 (12.8%) |
Endurant (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | 15 (9.6%) |
Vanguard (Boston Scientific) | 10 (6.4%) |
Unknown | 8 (5.1%) |
Excluder (W.L. Gore, Flagstaff, AZ, USA) | 5 (3.2%) |
Nellix (Endologix Inc. Nellix, Irvine, CA, USA) | 3 (1.9%) |
Ancure (Guidant Cardiac and Vascular Division, Menlo Park, CA, USA) | 3 (1.9%) |
Anaconda (Sulzer Vascutek, Austin, TX, USA) | 3 (1.9%) |
Stentor (Boston Scientific, Natick, MA, USA) | 1 (0.6%) |
Incraft (Cordis) | 1 (0.6%) |
Aneuryx (Medtronic, Minneapolis, MN, USA) | 1 (0.6%) |
AegisB (Endovastec, Shanghai, China) | 1 (0.6%) |
Diagnosis | |
CT-Angiography | 69 (44.2%) |
Unknown | 48 (30.8%) |
Angiography | 15 (9.6%) |
Intraoperative | 13 (8.3%) |
Duplex ultrasound | 10 (6.4%) |
Diagnosis after Implantation, median months (max–min) | 48 (0–216) |
Rupture | |
Yes | 35 (22.4%) |
No | 113 (72.4%) |
Unknown | 8 (5.1%) |
Diameter Increase at the time of Diagnosis | |
Yes | 85 (54.5%) |
No | 25 (16%) |
Unknown | 46 (29.5%) |
Location of the Fabric tear | |
Flow Divider | 68 (43.6%) |
Main body | 44 (28.2%) |
Left Limb | 16 (10.3%) |
Right Limb | 7 (4.5%) |
Unknown | 21 (13.5%) |
Type of Repair | |
Open | 38 (24.4%) |
Endovascular (Reline, Cuff) | 94 (60.3%) |
Endovascular (EVAS, relining with Nellix system, Nellix Reline, Palo Alto, CA, USA) | 20 (12.8%) |
Conservative (no consent or not fit) | 4 (2.6%) |
Mortality | |
Yes | 19 (12.2) |
No | 107 (68.6) |
Unknown | 30 (19.2) |
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Aras, T.; Tayeh, M.; Aswad, A.; Sharkawy, M.; Majd, P. Exploring Type IIIb Endoleaks: A Literature Review to Identify Possible Physical Mechanisms and Implications. J. Clin. Med. 2024, 13, 4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154293
Aras T, Tayeh M, Aswad A, Sharkawy M, Majd P. Exploring Type IIIb Endoleaks: A Literature Review to Identify Possible Physical Mechanisms and Implications. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2024; 13(15):4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154293
Chicago/Turabian StyleAras, Tuna, Mahmoud Tayeh, Adel Aswad, Mohamed Sharkawy, and Payman Majd. 2024. "Exploring Type IIIb Endoleaks: A Literature Review to Identify Possible Physical Mechanisms and Implications" Journal of Clinical Medicine 13, no. 15: 4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154293
APA StyleAras, T., Tayeh, M., Aswad, A., Sharkawy, M., & Majd, P. (2024). Exploring Type IIIb Endoleaks: A Literature Review to Identify Possible Physical Mechanisms and Implications. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(15), 4293. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13154293