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December 29, 2018EJVES Short ReportsOpen Access

Giant, 20 cm Diameter, Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: A Case Report

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Key result

Open repair successfully treats a >20 cm ruptured AAA.

  • n=1

Why the study?

Rupture risk increases exponentially with aneurysm diameter, making giant abdominal aortic aneurysms measuring > 13.0 cm rare clinical entities.

Design

Case report

Authors

CDCathelijne DuijzerTSThomas C. SchuursWWWillem Wisselink

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Overview

Extends sparse case-level evidence on giant ruptured AAAs; leaves open optimal strategy and generalizability.

Study Design

Type

Case Report (n=1)

Structured PICO

P
Population
One patient with a giant ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm measuring >20 cm in diameter.
I
Intervention
Open repair
O
Outcome
Successful treatment

Open repair can be successfully utilized to treat extremely rare giant ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysms measuring over 20 cm in diameter.

Cite This Study

Duijzer et al. (2018) conducted a case report in Giant ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (n=1). Open repair was evaluated on Successful treatment. Open repair successfully treated a giant ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm measuring >20 cm in diameter.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aaa4ae62401dc9708be029dhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvssr.2018.11.005
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