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Abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery, Part II: Major complications and nursing implications
1Vascular Surgery Division, Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Heart & Lung : the Journal of Critical Care
|July 1, 1994
Abstract:
This article reviews the most immediate postoperative complications after abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery. Acute limb ischemia, thromboembolism and pulmonary embolism, postoperative bleeding, and compartment syndrome are described with the associated nursing implications. Prosthetic graft problems are discussed and suggestions for prevention are offered.