Giant abdominal aortic aneurysms

Authors

Joshua I Ng, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Tuong Nguyen, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Anand Tarpara, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Dawn Salvatore, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Paul J DiMuzio, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
Babak Abai, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2021

Comments

This article is the author’s final published version in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases, Innovations and Techniques, Volume 7, Issue 4, December 2021, Pages 659 - 664.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2021.04.016. Copyright © Ng et al.

Abstract

Giant abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) are defined as AAAs >10 to 13 cm in the maximum transverse diameter. We have described a case of a patient who had presented for open repair of an 18-cm AAA and a review of reported cases of giant AAAs >10 cm in the maximum transverse diameter. Forty cases were compiled. The average maximum AAA diameter was 14.5 ± 4.1 cm. The AAA was ruptured on presentation in 12 patients (30%). Of the 40 cases, 34 (85%) were repaired with open surgery. The reported mortality was 15%. Despite the case complexity, five endovascular repairs were attempted.

Recommended Citation

Ng, Joshua I; Nguyen, Tuong; Tarpara, Anand; Salvatore, Dawn; DiMuzio, Paul J; and Abai, Babak, "Giant abdominal aortic aneurysms" (2021). Department of Surgery Faculty Papers. Paper 205.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/surgeryfp/205

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.

PubMed ID

34693098

Language

English