Key result
Fogarty catheter tamponade successfully controlled bleeding in 5 high-risk patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, resulting in survival for 4 of the 5 patients.
Why the study?
Does Fogarty catheter tamponade control bleeding and improve survival in high surgical risk patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms?
Case Report (n=5)
Does Fogarty catheter tamponade control bleeding and improve survival in high surgical risk patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms?
The use of a Fogarty catheter for proximal aortic occlusion is a potentially life-saving technique to control bleeding during surgery for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms in high-risk patients.
May offer temporizing control in select high-risk ruptured AAA; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation.
A simple rapid potentially life-serving aid in the treatment of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms by the use of a Fogarty no. 8 French catheter is presented. In five cases at high surgical risk, further bleeding was successfully controlled by occluding the aorta proximal to the site of the ruptured aneurysm, making operative procedure easier. Four of the five patients survived the procedure. The technique of inserting the catheter via a left axillary arteriotomy and the solutions to certain technical difficulties are discussed.
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Ac et al. (1977) conducted a case report in Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms (n=5). Fogarty no. 8 French catheter tamponade was evaluated on Survival of the procedure. Fogarty catheter tamponade successfully controlled bleeding in 5 high-risk patients with ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms, resulting in survival for 4 of the 5 patients.
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