Abstract
Blunt traumatic abdominal aortic dissection is extremely rare and potentially deadly. We present the case of a 62-year-old man involved in a frontal car crash. After emergency undergoing laparotomy for bowel injuries, he was referred to our hospital due to acute ischemia of bilateral lower extremities on day 3 after the trauma. Computed tomography and aortography showed an aortobiiliac dissection with complete occlusion. This injury was successfully treated by endovascular treatment with “kissing”-technique stent placement, which appears to be a safe, effective, and minimally invasive treatment.
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This report was previously presented at a Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe meeting (2011).
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Idoguchi, K., Yamaguchi, M., Okada, T. et al. Endovascular Treatment of Blunt Traumatic Abdominal Aortic Occlusion With Kissing Stent Placement. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 35, 1216–1220 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00270-011-0315-7
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