Transperitoneal Approach Should be Considered for Suspected Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms - 25/06/08
Correspondence to: Christian de Virgilio, MD, Department of Surgery, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 West Carson Street, Box #25, Torrance, CA 90509, USABienvenue sur EM-consulte, la référence des professionnels de santé.
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Torrance, California
Abstract |
Although transperitoneal surgical repair has been the gold standard for patients with a suspected ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (rAAA), the retroperitoneal approach and endovascular aortic repair (EVAR) are increasingly being recommended as preferred approaches due to lower morbidity and mortality. To highlight the importance of considering the transperitoneal approach, we present three cases of suspected rAAA, all with a known AAA, who were found to have other significant intra-abdominal pathology at surgery that would have been missed using the other approaches.
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| Presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Southern California Vascular Surgical Society, Temecula, CA, May 5-7, 2006. |
Vol 21 - N° 2
P. 129-132 - mars 2007 Retour au numéro
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