Use of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus Occluder in the Treatment of a Renal Artery–Inferior Vena Cava Fistula

Xin, Q.; Cai, Z.-H.; Wang, L.; Bao, J.-M.; Jing, Z.-P.

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.11.008

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Volume 17, Issue 2 , Pages 11-13, February 2009

Use of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus Occluder in the Treatment of a Renal Artery–Inferior Vena Cava Fistula

Q. Xin
- Department of General Surgery, People's Liberation Army, 401st Hospital, Qingdao 266071, P.R. China
Z.-H. Cai
- Department of Radiology, Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, P.R. China
L. Wang
- Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Liberation Army Institute of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
J.-M. Bao
- Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Liberation Army Institute of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
Z.-P. Jing
- Department of Vascular Surgery, People's Liberation Army Institute of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Changhai Hospital, Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
- Corresponding author. Tel./fax: +86 021 25074608.

Received 22 July 2008; accepted 7 November 2008. published online 27 January 2009.

Abstract

We report a case where an 8-mm mushroom patent ductus arteriosus occluder was used in a 59-year-old woman to resolve a renal artery–inferior vena cava fistula that occurred following a right nephrectomy performed 27 years earlier. Complete occlusion of the fistula was achieved. This case highlights the novel use of a PDA occluder and provides evidence that this may be a viable technique for the management of arteriovenous fistulas with similar vessel relationships, anatomical characteristics and occlusion demands as the fistula described in this report.

Keywords: Fistula, Occluder, Renal artery–inferior vena cava fistula, Treatment

PII: S1533-3167(08)00027-7

doi:10.1016/j.ejvsextra.2008.11.008

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Use of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus Occluder in the Treatment of a Renal Artery-Inferior Vena Cava Fistula , 27 January 2009
Q. Xin, Z.-H. Cai, L. Wang, J.-M. Bao, Z.-P. Jing
European Journal of Vascular & Endovascular Surgery April 2009 (Vol. 37, Issue 4, Page 495)
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