Open AccessAbdominal Aortic Aneurysm- A Case Report
Author(s) -
Mayur Wanjari,
Deeplata Mendhe,
Pratibha Wankhede
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of pharmaceutical research international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-9119
DOI - 10.9734/jpri/2021/v33i43a32486
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , abdominal aortic aneurysm , stent , psychological intervention , emergency department , conservative management , intervention (counseling) , abdominal pain , aneurysm , general surgery , nursing
Abdominal aortic aneurysms more commonly affect men than women and are estimated to affect 4% to 8% of men older than age 60 years. Mortality because of a ruptured AAA is high, but elective repair is an effective and relatively safe intervention.
Case Presentation: A 69-year-old male patient comes to the outpatient department with a complaint of abdominal pain from 2-3 months back.
Interventions- The treatment of patients was started immediately after admission. The surgical repair of Aortic Stent Placement for Pseudoaneurysm was done under general anesthesia on date 12 June 2021.
Conclusion: In this report, we mainly focus on expert surgical management and excellent nursing care helped in managing the complicated case very nicely. The patient response was positive to conservative and nursing management. The patient was discharged without postoperative complications and satisfactory with recovery.