Case Report

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

Table 1

Previous reports of abdominal aortic aneurysm with left-sided inferior vena cava.

Author (publication year)Age (years)SexIncisionApproachTechniques for IVCComplicationsOutcomeAAA typeCrossing point

1Perler (1989)64MRLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
2Gargiulo (1994)57MTLeftDivision and reconstructionNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
3Ishibashi (1997)63MTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveILeft renal vein
4Tsukamoto (2000)71MTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
5Nishimoto (2002)78MRRightNoneNoneAliveIRenal veins
6Nishibe (2004)70MTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
7Radermecker (2008)64FTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
8Niino (2012)82MTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
9Dimic (2016)68MTLeftMobilizationNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck
10Dimic (2016)60MTLeftDivision and reconstructionDVTAliveNAOn the aortic neck
11Tobe (2019)78MTRightNoneNoneAliveIOn the aortic neck

Abbreviations: AAA: abdominal aortic aneurysm; DVT: deep vein thrombosis; F: female; M: male; NA: not available; I: infrarenal; IVC: inferior vena cava; R: retroperitoneal; T: transperitoneal.