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British Journal of Radiology (2005) 78, 62-64
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doi: 10.1259/bjr/13370263
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Case report

Endovascular repair of a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm under local anaesthesia

J P Morales, MD1, F G Irani, MBBS, MD1, K G Jones, FRCS2, P R Taylor, MA, MChir, FRCS2, R Dourado, DCR1 and T Sabharwal, MBBCH, FRCSI, FRCR1

Departments of 1 Interventional Radiology and 2 Vascular Surgery, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK

Correspondence: Dr Tarun Sabharwal, Consultant Radiologist, Department of Radiology, 1st Floor Lambeth Wing, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road, London SE1 7EH, UK

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a common degenerative condition affecting the elderly population. Rupture carries a high overall mortality. Elective endovascular stent graft repair is well described. We describe a patient with ruptured AAA and co-morbid conditions making him unfit for surgery and general or epidural anaesthesia, who was successfully treated by endovascular stent graft under local anaesthesia.






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