Visceral artery aneurysms: Experience in a tertiary-care center

From: The American Surgeon | Date: May 1, 2001| Author: | Copyright information

Visceral artery aneurysms (VAAs) often rupture and cause serious morbidity or death. The purpose of this study was to identify conditions associated with VAA in a series of 30 patients treated at our institution from 1988 through 1998. Demographics, types of aneurysms, associated conditions, diagnoses, treatments, and outcomes were recorded and analyzed. Thirty patients (16 men and 14 women) with VAA were identified. The arteries involved were splenic (eight), renal (ten), hepatic (nine), hypogastric (one), celiac (one), and pancreaticoduodenal (one). Five of eight (63%) splenic artery ...

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