Use of Gore C-TAG with active control to treat a complex infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Combined use of GORE TAG® and Gore Exculder® endografts for treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm with severe angulation

The advances in endovascular surgery for treatment of aortic aneurysms have allowed a greater number of patients, who were previously considered unsuitable for the approach, to benefit from this therapeutic modality. Despite the current availability of highly comfortable endografts, cases with unfavorable anatomy remain a challenge for surgeons. We report a case with difficult anatomy that was ...

Surgical treatment of elderly patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm

Background The traditional surgical treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is now well codified in vascular surgery with a perioperative mortality rate that has gradually declining in recent years. The introduction of endovascular techniques has led the indications for surgery to be reviewed. The results of surgery in patients over eighty are fairly well defined: it is encoded that age a...

Late Survival in Nonoperated Patients with Infrarenal Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

OBJECTIVE/BACKGROUND Historical studies report high rupture rates in patients with nonoperated abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) of > 5.5 cm diameter, although a recent audit has questioned this. METHODS This was a retrospective review of 138/764 (18%) patients with AAAs evaluated in a preassessment anaesthetic clinic (PAC) between 2006 and 2012, who either did not undergo elective AAA repair...

Infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm - comorbidity and results following open surgery

Management of anesthesia in a patient with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: A case report

Introduction: Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a multifactorial condition which associated with aging and atherosclerosis. During aneurysm surgery, hypotension after aortic clamp removing occure commonly that require specific treatments. This case report showes administration of blood and hemodynamic control methods after aortic unclumping during aortic aneurysm surgery. Patient: A 75–years-o...