title: [Minimally invasive access to the abdominal aorta in pigs].
abstract: Experiments were conducted on 10 sows weighing 50-60 kg. Animals were randomly divided into two experimental groups comprising 5 individuals each. Surgical procedure of reaching the abdominal aorta below the renal arteries was performed using two different methods. In animals from the first group the procedure involved cutting the linea alba in order to obtain access to the abdominal aorta through the abdominal cavity. In the second group the access to the abdominal aorta was obtained by retroperitoneal approach. The approach was made in lower lateral one-third of the abdomen cutting through the muscles and without opening the peritoneal cavity. The study showed superiority of the second surgical method over the median approach along the linea alba in the form of: better animal survival (100% of animals), shorter procedure time, lack of postoperative complications, shorter recovery period and better general postoperative condition
authors.affiliation: Wrovasc-Zintegrowane Centrum Medycyny, Sercowo-Naczyniowej, Wojewódzki Szpital Specjalistyczny Ośrodek Badawczo-Rozwojowy we Wrocławiu.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gnus
authors.forename: Albert
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Czerski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janeczek
authors.forename: Willy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hauzer
authors.forename: Wojciech
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zawadzki
authors.forename: Kornel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ratajczak
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rusiecka
authors.forename: Stanisław
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ferenc
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control; D011897:Random Allocation; D013552:Swine