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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair by EVAR
I am scheduled to have endovascular repair of my 5.1 cm abdominal aortic aneurysm was wondering if anyone here has had this procedure and how they fared , not sure if I will do it due to the complication possibilities afterwards , but would like to hear of others experience, I’m 64 , male in otherwise fairly healthy, moderate high blood pressure and cholesterol, thanks
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Diane:
Glad to hear your dad is doing ok. I too had my aneurysm/dissection repaired conventionally this last December. I was wondering how long was his recovery and did experience any type of “episodes “ during the recovery period?
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Dan
How many had Endovascular Aneurysm Repair (EVAR) or
What procedure did you have
To Repair your aneurysm?-Did you discuss an alternative way to repair before surgery?
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1 ReactionI am also interested in hearing success stories. I have a saccular brain aneurysm, unruptured and want to know my chances overall of successful surgery so I don't have to worry as much.
@hearthealth00 and @shamb52 - I moved the discussion on which aortic aneurysm surgery method people opted for and combined it with an existing discussion titled, "Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm repair by EVAR" - https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-repair-by-evar/.
Members @luckybear, @dan1230, @andytheman and @expat69 shared their experiences with what treatments they underwent and the ongoing decisions with their providers and management.
He’s dead. He passed away. I don’t know from what but next week I will go to my new cardiovascular surgeon.
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2 ReactionsHave u tried contacting Dr Rabin Tawk? He’s the neurosurgeon at Mayo Clinic that did my surgery highly recommended reaching out to him if u can
EVAR is the best course my Vascular surgeon has told me when and IF the time comes for my AAA. As of today I feel blessed. Two illeac stents each leg and two bilateral renal to get blood to my kidneys fully for the 1st time in likely two decades. GOD is great.
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1 ReactionI have a little guy(1.8) in The SMA. The aortic branch above it is completely blocked which probably caused it by sending the blood south. Currently monitoring it but very worried. The dread is no joke!
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1 ReactionMy husband, 70 years old had an EVAR abdominal aortic aneurysm repaired yesterday at Froedtert Hospital in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. His measured about 5.2 and has been being monitored every 6months for the past 3 years. Of course we were very nervous and scared of the procedure. I am happy to report that his procedure went perfectly and he had 2 stents placed. The surgery itself took a little over 2 hours not including recovery room time. No pain whatsoever and zero complications as of this morning. He most likely will be released today at some point or tomorrow latest. I wanted to post because we know how anxiety producing this procedure and having a AAA can be. We went to three different vascular surgeons until we decided on Froedtert who have surgeons that do this procedure on a regular basis and we’re glad we ended up going with Froedtert. The new guidelines per our surgeon is to do repair at 5.0 cm as opposed to the 5.5 cm previous recommended size. I hope his experience helps anyone who is facing this same surgery. Good luck to all who may be facing this surgery at some point. He will have a scan in 6 months and then yearly to monitor for new growth.