Primary Technical Results Primary technical success, defined as the complete exclusion of the abdominal aortic aneurysm from the circulation, with restoration of normal blood flow, was achieved in 134 of the 154 patients (87 percent). Type A Aneurysms Table 2. Table 2. Causes of Primary or Secondary Failure of Endoluminal Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm. Transfemoral treatment with straight grafts was technically successful in 18 of 21 patients with type A abdominal aortic aneurysms (86 percent). Immediately after the procedure, angiography revealed proximal leaks in two patients due to short proximal necks, which led to dislodgment of the stents, and a distal leak in one patient due to a short distal neck ( |