[Surgical treatment of multiple aortic aneurysm]

Ten patients with multiple aortic aneurysms of both thoracic and abdominal aortic aorta, were evaluated clinically. The abdominal operations preceded the thoracic operations in the seven patients, and the four of them underwent two-staged operations with good results. Residual aneurysm ruptured in two patients and one patient died on the first operation because of abdominal aortic aneurysm rupture. The thoracic operations preceded the abdominal operations in the three patients, and one of them underwent a two-staged operation with good result. Because the risk of rupture of the unrepaired aneurysm is high, the treatment of the second aneurysm should be done in a short period.