Emergency resections in aneurysms ruptured abdominal aorta, in patients with 80 and over years of age

Authors present 12 cases of 80 to 94 year old patients whounderwent surgical emergency treatment for tornabdominal aorta aneurysms. Al/ cases presented severehemodynamical repercussion on admission.The aneurysm had been already diagnosed in ninecases, but patients had not been operated on because of...

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Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Lucinschi, Alicia, Matteucci, Pablo
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1991
País:Uruguay
Recursos:Sociedad de Cirugía del Uruguay
Repositorio:Revista Cirugía del Uruguay
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.revista.scu.org.uy:article/3990
Acesso em linha:https://revista.scu.org.uy/index.php/cir_urug/article/view/3990
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:aneurisma
aorta abdominal
aneurism
abdominal aorta
Descrição
Resumo:Authors present 12 cases of 80 to 94 year old patients whounderwent surgical emergency treatment for tornabdominal aorta aneurysms. Al/ cases presented severehemodynamical repercussion on admission.The aneurysm had been already diagnosed in ninecases, but patients had not been operated on because oftheir age and risky general condition.Six of the patients died. The other six were dischargedfrom hospital and considered cured. This means theprevious 80 year old limit for abdominal aorta aneurysmsurgery should no longer be taken into account.