Cattell-Braasch Maneuver: A Gadget to Manipulate Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm in a Patient with a Left-Sided Inferior Vena Cava

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Surgical view of the abdominal aortic aneurysm and left-sided inferior vena cava. (a) After mobilizing the duodenum, right colon, and intestine by employing the Cattell-Braasch maneuver, the aorta was clearly observed from the neck of the abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) to both of the common iliac arteries. (b) A bifurcated artificial graft was implanted from the infrarenal aorta to the bilateral common iliac arteries. Arrows indicate the left-sided inferior vena cava. Arrowheads indicate the neck of the AAA.

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