Abstract

A 68 year old man with significant cardiorespiratory risks factors presented with a ruptured thoracic aortic aneurysm (TAA). This was treated by emergency thoracic endovascular aneurysm repair (TEVAR) under general anaesthesia (GA). An incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was not treated. Eight months later, he presented with ruptured AAA. Due to the patient's compromised respiratory system, he underwent endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) under local anaesthesia (LA). He had a smoother post-operation recovery compared to the first repair under GA.

Authors

Tay JW, Leong YP

Institution

Sunway Medical Centre, Vascular Surgery, Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway, Petaling Jaya, Selangor 46150, Malaysia.

Source

The Medical journal of Malaysia 67:1 2012 Feb pg 111-2

MeSH

Aged
Anesthesia, Local
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Aortic Rupture
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Male

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

22582560