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A New Murine Model of Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair
Published on: July 7, 2013
Delayed abdominal aortic aneurysm sac rupture after open repair
Ahmad Asha1, Adnan Khan1, Gaurang Joshi1
1Department of Surgery, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, IL.
Abstract:
Open surgical repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is often regarded as a near-permanent operation with little long-term complications. Reported herein is a case of delayed rupture of an enlarging AAA sac after open repair requiring re-exploration in a patient presenting with flank pain and ipsilateral hydronephrosis. The natural history of a large, excluded aneurysm sac after open AAA repair, hypothesized etiology for this rare occurrence, and proposed diagnostic and therapeutic algorithm are described.
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