What am I looking at?
Visual recognition
Self-expanding stent lined with PTFE or other graft material, giving the implant a continuous covered wall rather than the open lattice of a bare-metal stent.
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Self-expanding stent-graft
Self-expanding covered stent
Three-panel learning framework
Recognition, context, and distinction
What does it do, and where will I see it?
Use & procedural context
Fabric-lined stent that maintains lumen patency while sealing rupture, pseudoaneurysm, fistula, or perforation. Typical procedural contexts include arterial injury, dialysis-access rupture, pseudoaneurysm, and iliac disease.
What most clearly distinguishes it from similar devices?
Key distinctions
The graft lining is the defining feature: it creates a covered conduit capable of sealing or relining a vessel rather than merely scaffolding the lumen with open metal struts.