title: Abdominal aortic aneurysm: a review of 12 years surgical experience.
abstract: A personal series of 187 consecutive resections for abdominal aortic aneurysm between 1967 and 1979 has been reviewed. The cases are classified as elective, acute or ruptured. Aetiology, presenting symptoms, investigations, management, complications and deaths are discussed. The hospital mortality rate in elective and acute cases was 4.7%, and in ruptured aneurysms was 27.8%.
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D001315:Australia; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications