Key result
Endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia was successfully used to treat a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who was unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia.
Why the study?
Can endovascular stent graft repair under local anaesthesia be successfully performed in a patient with ruptured AAA who is unfit for general or epidural anaesthesia?
Case Report (n=1)
Can endovascular stent graft repair under local anaesthesia be successfully performed in a patient with ruptured AAA who is unfit for general or epidural anaesthesia?
Endovascular stent graft repair under local anaesthesia is a feasible option for patients with ruptured AAA who are unfit for general or epidural anaesthesia.
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Hypothesis-generating for local-anaesthesia EVAR in high-risk ruptured AAA; prospective studies needed before wider use.
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common degenerative condition affecting the elderly population. Rupture carries a high overall mortality. Elective endovascular stent graft repair is well described. We describe a patient with ruptured AAA and co-morbid conditions making him unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia, who was successfully treated by endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia.
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Morales et al. (2005) conducted a case report in Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (n=1). Endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia was evaluated on Successful treatment. Endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia was successfully used to treat a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm who was unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia.
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