Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair fixes an aneurysm in your aorta. An aneurysm is a weak or bulging part of a vein or artery. Your aorta is a large artery. It carries blood from your heart through your belly to the rest of your body.
If you don't fix this problem, your aorta could burst. This can cause death.
The procedure is called endovascular because a doctor repairs the aneurysm from the inside of the damaged blood vessel (the aorta). It's not a surgery. Local or general anesthesia might be used.
Your doctor may make small cuts in the groin area. Thin tubes, called catheters, are inserted through the cuts and into blood vessels. The doctor guides the catheters into the aorta. A man-made tube is placed in the aneurysm. This tube is called a stent graft.
After the procedure, your blood will flow through the stent graft. It will not push on the aneurysm.
You may spend 1 to 3 days in the hospital. You may be able to return to work and many of your daily activities 1 to 2 weeks after the procedure.
Procedures can be stressful. This information will help you understand what you can expect. And it will help you safely prepare for your procedure.
You may spend 1 to 3 days in the hospital. You can expect the cuts (incisions) in your groin to be sore for 1 to 2 weeks.
You may feel more tired than usual for 1 to 2 weeks after the procedure. You may be able to do many of your usual activities after 1 to 2 weeks. But you will probably need up to 4 weeks to fully recover. You may need to take at least 1 to 2 weeks off from work. It depends on the type of work you do and how you feel.
You will need regular tests, such as a CT scan or an ultrasound, to check for problems with the graft. You might have the test one or more times in the first year after this procedure. Then you will have at least one test each year for the rest of your life.
Be sure to tell your dentist and doctors that you have the graft in your aorta. This is important because you may need to take antibiotics before certain procedures to prevent an infection.
Endovascular aortic aneurysm repair is a procedure to fix a weak and bulging section of the aorta. The aorta is the large blood vessel (artery) that carries blood from the heart through the belly to the rest of the body. The doctor used thin tubes, called catheters, to put a man-made tube called a graft inside the aneurysm. Blood will pass through the graft in the aorta without pushing on the aneurysm.
You can expect the areas where the catheters were inserted to be sore for 1 to 2 weeks. If you have stitches or staples, the doctor may need to take them out.
You may feel more tired than usual for 1 to 2 weeks after surgery. You may be able to do many of your usual activities after 1 to 2 weeks. But you will probably need up to 4 weeks to fully recover.
Be sure to tell your dentist and doctors that you have the graft. This is important because you may need to take antibiotics before certain procedures to prevent an infection.
You will have regular tests, such as a CT scan or an ultrasound, to check for problems with the graft. You may have at least one test each year.
During this procedure, a doctor repairs an aneurysm from the inside of the damaged blood vessel (the aorta). Local or general anesthesia might be used.
To do the procedure, the doctor may make one or two cuts (incisions) in your groin area. Then the doctor puts small tubes (catheters) through the cuts and into blood vessels. The doctor may use the catheters to put dye in your arteries. The dye makes your aorta show up on X-rays.
The doctor uses the catheters to move a man-made tube, called a stent graft, through the blood vessels until it reaches the aorta. The doctor expands the graft inside of the aneurysm. When the graft is in place, the doctor takes out the catheters. The doctor may use stitches to close the cuts in the groin area. Blood passes through the graft in the aorta without pushing on the aneurysm.
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