Open AccessEndovascular repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm: a seminal case in West Africa
Author(s) -
Lily Wu,
Benard Ohene Botwe
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v55i4.13
Subject(s) - medicine , abdominal aortic aneurysm , perioperative , surgery , endovascular aneurysm repair , complication , aortic aneurysm , risk factor , general surgery , aneurysm , radiology
Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a fatal disease with high perioperative morbidity and mortality. Endovascular AAA repair (EVAR) is associated with remarkable improvement in the morbidity, mortality and length of hospital stay relative to open operative repair. We report a 79-year-old man with epigastric pain, which was diagnosed to be due to AAA on a computerised tomography angiogram (CTA). His only risk factor was hypertension. He had endovascular repair in 2018, the first-ever in Ghana and West Africa. 2021 is the 3rd year of surveillance post- EVAR with no disease progression or complication. This seminal case is a beacon of hope in Ghana’s resource-constrained healthcare system.