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An endurant ii stent graft system was implanted in a patient for the endovascular treatment of an unknown sized abdominal aortic aneurysm.It was reported that the patient presented emergently at the emergency department with severe back pain.A ct was done and showed the patient had a contained abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture.As per the physician, the cause of the rupture was anatomy related due to a developed iliac aneurysm causing a type ib endoleak.The physician advised the patient had not attended any of the post implant follow ups after initial aaa treatment.The physician elected to treat the patient by occluding the right common iliac artery with an amplatz plug and implanting two endurant stent grafts (b)(4) and (b)(4) to exclude the right common iliac artery and ruptured area.The patient's blood pressure was stabilized and the patient was walking relatively pain free the following day.No additional clinical sequelae were reported, and the patient is fine.
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