ABSTRACT
Introduction Peripheral arterial aneurysms are relatively uncommon diseases.1,2 They may present incidentally and asymptomatic (discovery for example on echography or on a computed tomography (CT) scan carried out for another disease), or following complications such as rupture, compression, or thromboembolism. These aneurysms have traditionally been treated surgically but the operative risks are high, particularly when surgery is required on an emergency basis.3,4 An endovascular treatment has been recently proposed involving the following two techniques:
● placement of a stent-graft following arteriotomy due to the large size of the prosthesis;5,6
● percutaneous implantation of an endoprosthesis (mostly covered).7-14
This minimally invasive technique avoids surgical incision and should reduce morbidity and mortality associated with surgical repair of peripheral aneurysms. We report our experience of percutaneous endoluminal treatment of 52 peripheral aneurysms (50 patients) using covered stents in the majority of the cases.
