Abdominal aortic aneurysm in Chinese patients.
From 1975 to 1983, 120 Chinese patients with infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm were seen, 72 of whom underwent aneurysmectomy; 45 were performed electively and 27 as emergencies. The operative mortality in the former was 4.4 per cent and the latter 33.3 per cent. All 27 patients who presented with rupture were operated on. However, only 45 of 93 patients (48.4 per cent) with intact aneurysm underwent surgery; the remainder were either unwilling (35) or unfit (13). Peptic ulcer disease was noted in 26.4 per cent of patients.
D000368:Aged; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications