Tasleem Sadia, Badri Hassan, Ranjeet Narlawar, Antoniou George A
1 Department of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
2 Department of Radiology, The Royal Oldham Hospital, Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom.
Vasa. 2018 Jun;47(4):327-329. doi: 10.1024/0301-1526/a000699. Epub 2018 Mar 26.
Our report aims to alert physicians performing endovascular aneurysm sealing with the Nellix endoprosthesis to the risk of rupture when endobag separation is noticed on computed tomography. Endobag separation when observed with acute presentation of abdominal pain is an indicator of imminent rupture and prompt interventional treatment should be undertaken.
