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Are there new breakthroughs for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm surgeries?

Posted by suzie71 @suzie71, Dec 10, 2023

I have a AAA, and I am being monitored for the size. It has stayed stable now for 3 years with a 3.9 Cm in size. My fear is that I know the surgery is one of the hardest surgeries to have. I know years ago that survival was very slim, but I would like to know what to expect now if I have to undergo the surgery at some point,

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scaredcat | @scaredcat | May 20, 2024
In reply to @bachy "Hello Justin! My surgeon told me that they will go up through my groan, both sides..." + (show)
@bachy

Hello Justin! My surgeon told me that they will go up through my groan, both sides and place a fabric covered stint at the saccular aneurysm to cut off the blood supply to the aneurysm. The part that has me really stressed out is that the colon gets blood from the arota and sometimes (1%) persons need to have some of their colon removed. I do no understand any of that and he explained it twice. Here again, I have a saccular aneurysm and it is from what I was told, more likely to repture than others. Mine is 1 3/8 " in length. Prayers for everyone. Best Regards, John

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My AAA is also saccular. Wondering...did you have the surgery? I'm anxious to hear more about EVAR. Can't seem to find much about it on here.

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thevikole | @thevikole | 2 days ago
In reply to @suzie71 "Hi: That is great news. One of my doctors told me that by the time I..." + (show)
@suzie71

Hi: That is great news. One of my doctors told me that by the time I need the surgery they might be able to just scan me to dissolve it. He said that in a funny way to make me relax, but Thank God for all the new forms of surgery that are less invasive for everything.
9.5 is extremely huge!!!

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I've been telling my Vascular surgeon of 8 years now I'm still waiting for a, "the pill!" 😆

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thevikole | @thevikole | 2 days ago
In reply to @metare "I have 5.4 AAA and scheduled for operation 22May . What is available for video of..." + (show)
@metare

I have 5.4 AAA and scheduled for operation 22May . What is available for video of operation?

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I'm pretty confident you likely can find it, or one, on youtube!

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thevikole | @thevikole | 2 days ago

You ll be out for the surgery not intubated just put to sleep as long as all goes well, won't feel a thing even in post op.

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thevikole | @thevikole | 2 days ago

Just wanted to be sure to let everyone know I was referencing the EVAR procedure, only!

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