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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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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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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
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
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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scaredcat | @scaredcat | May 20, 2024
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@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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scaredcat | @scaredcat | May 8, 2024
In reply to @jetdoc "Good day, Just over a year ago I had an EVAR procedure done to repair an..." + (show)
@jetdoc

Good day,
Just over a year ago I had an EVAR procedure done to repair an AAA. We had been watching this AAA for about 4 years until it jumped in size to 5.5. The repair was with the use of 3 stint/ graphs that stretch from just below the renal arteries and split and end in both iliac arteries. It is a procedure that has been used for years. The procedure took about a half day in its entirety from checking in to walking out. I was limited for a period of time on the amount of weight I could lift (10 lbs), but that’s the only inconvenience I faced. This procedure for me in my view has been EXTREMELY successful and I would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone. I have it monitored with and ultrasound yearly, after the initial 1 month, 3 month and 6 month scans. The AAA is now at a normal 39mm size and there has been zero adverse side effects.

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Your message was so encouraging. My AAA has increased in suze fro 3.0 to 3.5 in tge past couple of years, but the Dr has suggested surgery due to the fact that Ive been having purple discoloration in my feet, from small embolism thrown off by the AAA. That, combined with my constantly feeling like "a ticking time bomb," has convinced me to have the endovascular surgery. Is ut mist often done under general or local anesthetic? Please tell me what you considered to be the worst part of it all? ( anyone else, too) Thanks in advance!

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metare | @metare | May 7, 2024

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

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suzie71 | @suzie71 | May 6, 2024
In reply to @cnagel "Medical technology has come a long way. A friend of mine had a 9.5 because he..." + (show)
@cnagel

Medical technology has come a long way. A friend of mine had a 9.5 because he forgot to have it checked. The surgeons went up through the groin. He is 73 and doing well. He was very lucky.

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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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cnagel | @cnagel | May 5, 2024

Medical technology has come a long way. A friend of mine had a 9.5 because he forgot to have it checked. The surgeons went up through the groin. He is 73 and doing well. He was very lucky.

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suzie71 | @suzie71 | Apr 28, 2024
In reply to @jetdoc "Thank you kindly for your prayers and blessing. It was a minor hospital stay, a couple..." + (show)
@jetdoc

Thank you kindly for your prayers and blessing.

It was a minor hospital stay, a couple of days if recall. It was an easy recovery. I had lifting restrictions for 30 days.
Hope you’re doing well. I felt very blessed to have found it and able to monitor it.

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Hi: You are very blessed, and I think you will continue to do well. I was relieved to find out this past Thursday that mine has only grown slightly in 4 years. I will be 77 in November, and my doctor told me that maybe I will have to get the surgery when I am 90. He always trys to make me feel confident, as I have tons of other health issues.

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