title: Surgical management of intrathoracic aortic aneurysm.
abstract: The pathology, clinical features, indications for surgery and the results of intrathoracic aneurysm are analysed in thirty-nine consecutive patients who underwent surgery at Singapore General Hospital from January 1986 through December 1990. There were twenty cases of non-dissecting aneurysm and nineteen cases of dissecting aneurysm or aortic dissection. The 30 day survival for the twenty patients with non-dissecting aneurysm was sixteen patients (80%). The best results were obtained in patients with aortic root aneurysms. The overall 30-day survival for the nineteen patients with aortic dissection was twelve patients (64%). The mortality was especially high in patients with acute aortic dissection (46%). Recent advances in the management of these aneurysms make early recognition and diagnosis mandatory to achieve the best results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Singapore General Hospital.
authors.forename: Y S
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sivathasan
authors.forename: K K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Ong
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Wong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002423:Cause of Death; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012846:Singapore / Q000453:epidemiology; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014656:Vascular Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data