Historical Background The development of prosthetic grafts has extended the vascular surgeon’s ability to replace or bypass diseased arterial segments. However, the risk of infection, although small, constantly looms over…
Historical Background Anterior intervertebral body fusion was described in 1932 by Carpenter and promoted by Hodgson and Stock in 1956 as a definitive treatment of anteriorly oriented spine pathology while…
Historical Background In 1964 Dotter and Judkins first reported percutaneous transluminal angioplasty as a technique for treating atherosclerotic stenoses and occlusions. Application of this method for the treatment of iliac…
Historical Background Extraanatomic procedures were developed as alternatives to direct aortofemoral bypass for patients deemed to be at high risk for direct aortic surgery or for those presenting with a…
Historical Background Volodos and colleagues performed the first stent graft repair of an aortic pathology in 1987 in Kharkov, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but Parodi, Palmaz, and Barone are…
Historical Background In recent years there has been a shift in the treatment of aortoiliac occlusive disease (AIOD) from open surgical treatment to endovascular interventions. Endovascular treatment for Trans-Atlantic Inter-Society…
Historical Background The distal aorta and iliac segments are among the most common sites of chronic atherosclerotic disease. This disease is usually segmental, generally produces a constellation of characteristic symptoms,…
Historical Background The surgical management of abdominal aortic aneurysms was first pursued by direct aortic ligation as reported by Matas in 1923. Likewise, beginning in 1906, Halsted and Reid at…
Historical Background Aortic endograft technology has evolved significantly since the initial U.S. commercial release in late 1999. Second- and third-generation endografts have come to market, providing improvements in fixation, sizing,…
Historical Background Abdominal aortic aneurysms were first described by the sixteenth-century anatomist Vesalius. Before the advent of modern surgical techniques, numerous management methods focusing on aneurysm ligation, induced thrombosis, or…
