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4066737

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-1-14
pubmed:abstractText
One hundred and twenty-one aneurysms of the abdominal aorta were operated on during a ten year period (1971-1981). Elective surgery was carried out in 89 patients (73.5%). Thirty-two patients were operated on for impending or frank rupture. Most of the patients treated electively had no symptoms on admission. The mortality of this group of patients was 6.7% (6 patients). All the patients treated as emergencies had acute abdominal or back pain. Six cases presented with shock and acute renal failure. The hospital mortality was high in this group of 11 patients (34.3%). Nine of them were operated on because of suspected rupture but this was not confirmed at operation. Only one patient in this group died after the operation (11.1%). The hospital mortality of the 23 patients with ruptured aneurysms was 43.4% (10 patients). Six of them died in the operating room. While elective surgery carries an acceptable mortality, the emergency procedure involves a high risk. All the aneurysms must be resected electively in spite of the absence of symptoms.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0021-9509
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
26
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
539-46
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Abdominal aortic aneurysms. Results of surgical treatment.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't