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Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair
1Coventry and Warwickshire County, Vascular Unit, Walsgrave Hospitals NHS Trust, Coventry.
Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
|April 25, 2002
Abstract:
Rupture of an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is often a catastrophic event, while elective traditional repair involves major surgery. This article explains AAA development and traditional repair, and introduces a new, less invasive method of repair: endovascular stenting.