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Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are very rare in pediatric patients and can rarely be associated with tuberous sclerosis (TS). Open surgery is the first-line therapy. We report our experience added by a review on current literature.

Subclavian carotid transposition (SCT) is a safe, effective, and durable treatment in atherosclerotic disease of the proximal subclavian artery. We report about our experience in SCT in a retrospective study with a long-term outcome in 126 cases and discuss our results with the current literature.

Clinical outcome and surgical success rate of open surgical reconstruction for acute symptomatic internal carotid artery (ICA) occlusion up to 1 week after stroke onset were analyzed to determine a cutoff time, after which risk exceeds clinical benefit.

To describe a single-center experience with open surgical treatment of infected aortic aneurysms. We analyzed risk factors for 90-day mortality.

A posterior circulation infarction is caused by a vertebral artery (VA) lesion (stenosis or occlusion). The purpose of this study is to assess early and long-term outcomes after open surgery for a VA lesion at the origin.

= 11, 52%), renovascular stenosis (n= 9, 43%) with concurrent renovascular hypertension (n= 5, 24%), and angina abdominalis (n= 7, 33%). Most patients had multiorgan vascular disease such as iliofemoral arterial occlusive disease (n= 14, 66%), coronary artery obstruction (n= 8, 38%), or obstruction of the carotid artery (n= 6, 28%). Risk factors did not differ between coral reef patients and those with other occlusive vascular diseases. All patients were treated through vascular operations, including open thromboendarterectomy of the suprarenal (n= 9, 43%), infrarenal (n= 4, 19%), or supra- and infrarenal aorta (n= 8, 38%), and thromboendarterectomy of the following vessels: celiac artery (n= 7, 33%), superior mesenteric artery (n= 12, 57%), inferior mesenteric artery (n= 3, 14%), unilateral renal artery (n= 3, 14%), or bilateral renal artery (n= 9, 43%). Bypass reconstructions were performed in 39% (n= 8). A thoracoabdominal approach was used in 14 patients (67%) and a median laparotomy in 7 (33%). Our results show that coral reef aorta is not confined to either gender. It appears most frequently in the context of general atherosclerotic disease and patients benefit from timely diagnosis and operation before onset of severe, life-threatening visceral and renal complications.