Surgical Treatment of Aortic Aneurysms

Abstract

Formerly, aortic aneurysms either were left untreated or were treated with only palliative procedures. In recent years, curative surgical measures have been developed, Data are presented from 134 surgically treated cases in which the over-all results were good. The author found that mortality is low when abdominal aneurysms below the renal arteries are treated prior to rupture. Previous myocardial infarction increases mortality, and the risk is much greater if rupture has occurred. Operative mortality in thoracic aortic aneurysms remains high.