Emergency Treatment of Symptomatic or Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms:The Role of Endovascular Repair

Abstract

EVAR is a feasible treatment in the majority of patients with ruptured or symptomatic AAA. The 30-day mortality appears to be similar between conventionally treated patients and those undergoing endovascular repair.

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

“…In recent years, the use of endovascular repair for ruptured AAA's has been on the rise [8]. In several studies, the feasibility and the effectiveness of EVAR in the reduction of short-term mortality has been documented [9][10] . One meta-analysis of over 50 years of data determined the overall mortality rate for open repair of ruptured AAA repair to be 48% [11].…”