Abstract:Objective:To study how to improve the safety of the operation for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
Methods :Forty-six cases of AAA received resection of AAA plus artificial blood vessel transplantation in recent three and a half years in our 2 hospitals. The lesions involved only the abdominal aorta in 20 cases, and extended to unilateral common iliac and internal and external iliac arteries in 8 cases, to bilateral common iliac and external and internal iliac arteries in 16 cases, and involved the renal artery in 2 cases. Emergency operation was done in 3 cases.
Results:In these 46 cases, 45 were cured and 1 died, and no operative complications occurred.
Conclusions:Surgical operation is the best way to treatment AAA.