title: Conversion to Open Repair from Emergency EVAR in a Patient with Ruptured AAA: Report of a Case.
abstract: A 77-year-old woman with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was transferred to our hospital. Due to a severe comorbidity, endovascular aortic repair of the ruptured AAA was proposed. During the operation, although a Zenith(®) AAA endovascular graft was deployed, digital subtracted angiography revealed an enhancement of the endoleak, and the patient became hemodynamically unstable. Therefore, we decided to convert to graft replacement of the abdominal aorta through a median laparotomy. During the postoperative period, the patient suffered from ischemic colitis, which resolved with conservative therapy. She was discharged after 33 postoperative days.
authors: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Sapporo Medical University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan.
authors: Toshiro
authors: T
authors: Ito
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Koyanagi
authors: Nobuyoshi
authors: N
authors: Kawaharada
authors: Yoshihiko
authors: Y
authors: Kurimoto
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Uzuka
authors: Mayuko
authors: M
authors: Uehara
authors: Takayuki
authors: T
authors: Hagiwara
authors: Yohsuke
authors: Y
authors: Yanase
authors: Toshiyuki
authors: T
authors: Maeda
authors: Tetsuya
authors: T
authors: Higami
keywords: conversion to open repair; endovascular aortic repair; ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm
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