Diagnosis and treatment of abdominal aortic aneurysm. A report of 82 cases.
Resection for abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is being performed with decreasing mortality and morbidity. A retrospective study on 82 consecutive patients with AAAs admitted during the period 1974-1977 shoowed that 66 had a non-ruptured aneurysm and 16 a ruptured aneurysm. The mean age of the patients was 66,7 years. Concomitant disease was frequent. Operative mortality aneurysms and 37% in the group with ruptured aneurysms.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged