Giant Infrarenal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Preceded by Left Lower Limb Motor Deficit

Ann Vasc Surg. 2017 Aug:43:317.e11-317.e14. doi: 10.1016/j.avsg.2017.03.182. Epub 2017 May 4.

Abstract

This report presents the surgical repair and postsurgical outcomes following a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm with a maximum transverse diameter of 20 cm. Its association with acute lower limb motor deficit is rare. Open surgery of giant abdominal aortic aneurysms is often the only available treatment, favored over an endovascular approach in the presence of increased aneurysm size with dislodged abdominal organs, adhesions, and short and angled proximal infrarenal aortic neck, presenting significant additional surgical and anesthesiological challenges.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications*
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Rupture / complications*
  • Aortic Rupture / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Rupture / surgery
  • Aortography / methods
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation
  • Computed Tomography Angiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Lower Extremity / innervation*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Motor Activity*
  • Motor Neurons*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / diagnosis
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / etiology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / physiopathology
  • Treatment Outcome