Abdominal aortic aneurysm: results of surgical treatment

Seventeen cases of abdominal aortic aneurysms were operated upon during a three years period [1985-1988]. Six patients were operated upon as emergency while eleven were managed electively. Mortality rate among the emergency group was 50% [three patients], only one of them died postoperatively Four of the emergency group presented with severe abdominal pain and shock, while two presented with a picture of internal hemorrhage. Mortality rate in the elective group was 9.1% [one patients], at the end of the operative procedure due to consumption coagulopathy. All AAA over 6 cm in diameter should be resected electively in spite of the absence of symptoms