Subtotal mesh-wrapping in the treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm
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A New Murine Model of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Published on: July 7, 2013
1Department of Vascular Surgery, De Stadsmaten Hospital, Enschede, The Netherlands.
The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
|September 1, 1988
Abstract:
A new technique for managing abdominal aortic aneurysms is described. This so called "subtotal mesh-wrapping" may be considered for high-risk patients with large or growing aneurysms even those extending proximally to the renal arteries. The results in 19 patients, treated by this method, are discussed. Poor general condition renders peri-operative mortality high. But long-term prognosis is improved and with the abandoning of appendectomy will benefit still more.
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