Case report: Endovascular repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm under local anaesthesia.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common degenerative condition affecting the elderly population. Rupture carries a high overall mortality. Elective endovascular stent graft repair is well described. We describe a patient with ruptured AAA and co-morbid conditions making him unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia, who was successfully treated by endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia.
Morales
J P
JP
Department of Interventional Radiology, Guy's Hospital, London, UK.
Irani
F G
FG
Jones
K G
KG
Taylor
P R
PR
Dourado
R
R
Sabharwal
T
T
D000368:Aged; D000772:Anesthesia, Local; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods; D004691:Endarterectomy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods