In Reply to: Re: Case 0298_11--Infrarenal abdominal aortic traumatic rupture: Treatment with endoluminal covered stent posted by Pasteur Rasuli on February 08, 1998 at 02:54:09:
Beautiful case. Of course we need the FDA to approve stent-grafts for use in trauma as rapidly as possible, but what exactly do we do to pressure them? And which specific devices should they approve?
A note to folks who do not have access to the Wallgraft or other stent-grafts in various stages of the approval process: a workable stent-graft can be manufactured by taking 3mm IMPRA and stitching it (with two sutures at each end, using a non-cutting needle) to an appropriately sized Johnson & Johnson stent. The stent-graft can then be sterilized and kept on the shelf for ready-use. Two caveats to this: it is tricky to deliver the device (you need a twelve french sheath) and the sutures are a weak point, where the graft material may split.