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Arterial Pouch Microsurgical Bifurcation Aneurysm Model in the Rabbit
Published on: May 14, 2020
[Management of visceral artery aneurysms. Retrospective study of 23 cases]
F Muscari1, A Barret, X Chaufour
1Service de chirurgie vasculaire, hôpital Purpan, place du Docteur-Baylac, 31059 Toulouse, France.
Study Aim:
To evaluate symptoms and results of the treatment of aneurysms of digestive arteries.
Patients And Method:
Retrospective study of 23 patients (14 male and 9 female, mean age = 51 years) treated in two departments of academic hospital. We studied the aneurysms characteristics (location, number, size, etiology) the type of treatment, and occurrence of post-operative complications.
Results:
The aneurysms involved the splenic artery in 13 patients (56%), the superior mesenteric artery in 5 patients (22%), the hepatic artery in 3 patients (13%), the gastroepiploic artery in 2 patients (9%). There were thirty-one aneurysms (24 true aneurysms and 7 pseudo-aneurysms) in 23 patients. Diagnosis was mainly done by the CT-scan. An aneurysm rupture occurred in 7 patients (30%). Treatment was surgery for 26 aneurysms (84%) or a radiological embolization in 3; abstention was decided for 2 aneurysms (6%). No death was observed.
Conclusion:
The bad prognosis after rupture, the lack of predictive factors of rupture combined with the good results of surgical treatment suggest to prefer a surgical treatment at first. Embolization could be reserved for the contra-indication of surgery and when aneurysms are poorly accessible to surgery.
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