What is Abdominal Aneurysm Surgery?
When a large artery in the abdomen expands like a balloon, it’s called an aortic aneurysm, which is caused by the weakening of the artery wall, which can leak, or burst without warning unless treated surgically. There are two forms of surgery to treat an abdominal aneurysm: The standard treatment is conventional surgery. The surgery is performed to replace the section of the vessel where the aneurysm has formed with a synthetic graft. The surgeon clamps the aorta to prevent bleeding and then opens and cleans the aneurysm. Next, the graft is sewn to the aorta at one end and to the two iliac arteries at the other. A new technique called endograft repair or endovascular stent grafting is available in a select few cases. Endovascular stent grafting is a procedure where a stent graft, which is woven polyester tube (graft) covered by a tubular metal web (stent), is placed inside a diseased vessel without surgically opening the tissue surrounding the diseased vessel. Instead of conventional s
