Endovascular Treatment of Iliac Aneurysms with Covered Stents

= 26) or two overlapping (n= 7) covered stents. Mean procedure duration was 45 min (range, 25 to 75 min). The internal iliac artery was patent in 28 cases, but patency was preserved in only 4 cases. In the remaining 24 cases the internal iliac artery was excluded either preoperatively by embolization using Gianturco coils (n= 15) or intraoperatively by placement of the stent (n= 9). Endovascular treatment of iliac aneurysm with covered stents achieves good short- and middle-term results but usually requires exclusion of the internal iliac artery.