Endovascular Repair of External Iliac Artery Occlusion After Hip Prosthesis Migration

l l Purpose: To report emergent endovascular intervention to restore lower extremity arterial patency after migration of a hip prosthesis caused thrombosis of the external iliac artery (EIA). Case Report: Nine months following left hip revision arthroplasty, a 66-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department with the complaints of an acutely painful left lower extremity for over 6 hours. Imaging showed the metallic acetabular portion of the hip prosthesis in the iliac fossa, with severe external compression of the EIA. After throm-bolysis to remove clot from the EIA, an 8360-mm self-expanding Smart stent was de-ployed in the left EIA from a contralateral access. The procedure was successful, and the patient was discharged. An infected wound from a compartment fasciotomy delayed re-vision of the hip prosthesis. Nine weeks after stenting, the patient returned with a cold, pulseless left limb; a femorofemoral bypass was constructed to restore perfusion. Conclusions: While stent placement restored ¯ow for 9 weeks after the initial ischemic event, the recurrent thrombosis could have been prevented by earlier revision of the mi-grated prosthesis. J Endovasc Ther 2003;10:668±671 Key words: hip arthroplasty, hip prosthesis, external iliac artery, arterial injury, arterial thrombosis, prosthetic migration, thrombolysis, SMART stent l