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Isolated aneurysms of the common iliac artery occur less frequently than abdominal aortic aneurysms. Moreover, the rupture of an isolated iliac aneurysm into a systemic vein is considered to be very rare. The case reported herein is of a patient with a left common iliac aneurysm which ruptured into the iliac vein, who was successfully treated surgically, using Doty’s autotransfusion technique as a supportive measure. We describe our preoperative diagnosis, operative method, including the supportive measures, and the postoperative hemodynamic changes monitored by a Swan-Ganz catheter.
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Odagiri, S., Tokunaga, H., Ishikura, Y. et al. An isolated aneurysm of the common iliac artery associated with an arterio-venous fistula: Autotransfusion technique and postoperative hemodynamic monitoring —A case report—. The Japanese Journal of Surgery 18, 601–605 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471497
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