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This case series describes the clinical features and surgical management of 22 patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms, highlighting the high proportion of ruptured cases.
Summary An account is given of the clinical features and the management of aneurysm of the ab‐dominal aorta. Rupture of the aneurysm is a common terminal event in this condition and it is desirable that operation should be undertaken before rupture occurs. Unfortunately many of these patients are not suitable for major surgery. The author's personal series comprises 22 operations for aneurysm of the abdominal aorta. Fifteen of these operations were carried out after the aneurysm had ruptured. Details of operative techniques and results are given.
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Kenneth N. Morris (1958) studied this question.
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