Ringed grafting for an abdominal aortic aneurysm in a 92-year-old patient: report of a case.
We report herein the case of a 92-year-old man with an abdominal aortic aneurysm who underwent successful surgical resection using a ringed graft. His postoperative course was uneventful, and he was discharged after 42 days, following which he attended the outpatient department twice a month for regular check-ups. He finally died of pneumonia which developed from an upper respiratory tract infection 6 months after his operation. Thus, surgical treatment should always be considered when an aneurysm is detected, even in very aged patients for whom the activities of daily living are possible.
Kurata
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Department of Surgery, Yamaguchi Central Hospital, Japan.
Furutani
A
A
Toyota
S
S
Hongo
H
H
Sakai
H
H
Kuroda
Y
Y
Nakayasu
K
K
Esato
K
K
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male