title: Modern trends in the management of aortic aneurysms. Review of 450 cases experienced.
abstract: Treatment of various aortic aneurysms in 450 cases experienced during the past 25 years was analysed. One hundred and five patients were treated with survival rate of 80.2% in the thoracic aortic aneurysm group, 65 patients with survival rate of 76.9% in the dissected aneurysm of the aorta group, 175 patients with survival rate of 93.1% in the nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm group and 37 patients with survival rate of 75.7% in the ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm group. From 1981 to the present time, considerable improvement of the operative results has been achieved with refinement of cardiovascular adjunctive techniques and operative procedures with careful management of the patients. Survival rates are now reached to 88.7% in the thoracic aortic aneurysm, 81.0% in the dissected aneurysm, 100% in the nonruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm and 81.2% in the ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. From the careful analyses of the results, prompt diagnosis, distinct treatment policy, strict operative indication and better surgical procedure are considered to have contributed to these excellent operative results.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakai
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yasuda
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Matsunami
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gohda
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Goh
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Matsui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimizu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery*; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001015:Aortic Arch Syndromes / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged