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February 16, 2013CureusOpen Access

Community Hospital Based Endovascular Repair of a Ruptured Giant 11cm Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

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1 patient presenting to a community hospital with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm measuring 11 cm at…

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Authors

JWJames L. W. WestHCHåkan Charles-Harris

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Overview

Hypothesis-generating for endovascular repair of giant ruptured AAA in community hospitals; larger studies needed to assess generalizability.

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Population
1 patient (62-year-old African-American male) presenting to a community hospital with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) measuring 11 cm at its maximum diameter.
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Intervention
Endovascular placement of stent-grafts.
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Outcome
Post-intervention recovery and survival.

Demonstrates the feasibility and success of endovascular stent-graft repair for a giant (11 cm) ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in a community hospital setting.

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West et al. (2013) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a952df9aec9be1889e3c88ahttps://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.95
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