Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Open Repair PreOp® Patient Engagement and Education

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Your doctor has recommended that you have surgery to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm. But what does that actually mean?
The aorta is the main blood vessel that carries oxygen-rich blood from your heart to the organs in your body.
An aneurysm is a bulge or swelling in a blood vessel.
This type of bulge occurs when a blood clot or blood clots develop in the aorta, causing to expand.
In your case, your doctor has determined that a portion of the aorta passing through your abdomen - the area between your legs and your chest - has developed a blood clot. In most cases these clots are caused by fatty deposits that build up inside the arteries.
Aneurysms are dangerous because the blood clot weakens the blood vessel and can cause it to burst.
The surgery your doctor has recommended will remove the blood clot and reinforce the weakened wall of the aorta.
Your Procedure:
On the day of your operation, you will be asked to put on a surgical gown.
You may receive a sedative by mouth and an intravenous line may be put in.
You will then be transferred to the operating table.
In the operating room, the anesthesiologist will administer general anesthesia by injection and inhalation mask.
The surgeon will then apply an antiseptic solution to the skin and place a sterile drape around the operative site
After you are unconscious, your doctor will make a vertical incision down the center of your abdomen.
Skin and other tissue will be pulled back in order to expose the abdominal muscles.
Your doctor will carefully divide the muscle in order to expose the abdominal cavity. A special instrument called a retractor will be used to hold the chest open.
Once your doctor has a clear view of the abdomen he or she will gently pull the intestines up and out of the way revealing the aorta and the aneurysm. Now your doctor can begin to remove the clot.
First, he or she will apply clamps to each of the two arteries that branch away from the main artery - temporarily preventing blood from flowing to your legs.
Next, your doctor will clamp the artery above the aneurysm.
Once the blood supply has been shut off in this manner, your doctor will make a vertical incision in the artery wall and two small horizontal incisions to allow access to the damaged area.
The blood clot can then be removed. The surgical team will sew together any damaged blood vessels inside the aorta.
A tube made of a sterile synthetic material can now be inserted into the vessel to provide support and reinforcement.
It is then sewn into place. One by one your doctor will remove the clamps, restoring blood flow to the legs.
After verifying there are no leaks around the surgical field, the team will finally close the vessel with sutures.
Your doctor will restore all internal organs to their proper positions.
The muscles and other tissue can then be closed with sutures.
Finally, the skin is closed with staples and a sterile dressing is applied.
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[@ritacorzo4427]

The explication with view of the proceeding of the operation it was very ease and be able to understand for a person not in the medical field .Thank you

[@Babbergoobs]

i know she's spittin but this song goes kinda hard

[@krishnendudas2154]

An award winning Indian cardiologist killed my father as he did the twin open surgeries of abdominal aortic aneurysm and bypass together .

[@SahilKhan-iq5ur]

😢

[@shelley2726]

I had a fem-fem bypass graft on Monday and Wednesday I had open abdomen repair of a large aneurysm. Your dad had it in one operation I had it in 2 operations.

[@krishnendudas2154]

@@shelley2726 Ma'am my father had to undergo two open surgeries of abdominal aerotic aneurysm and bypass together.
But they returned the body after conducting another three operations like cholestomy, treakestomy and thoracentesis.

[@sandeepkumarsingh91]

​@@shelley2726 kon se hospital me surjery hue hai aaa ki

[@shelley2726]

I’m so sorry to hear that. I did have a complication about 3 days after surgery. I developed a “ Seroma” in my left groin with the bypass graft. It’s a collection of fluid. I was readmitted and was on 3 different IV antibiotics and discharged with another one. The doctor didn’t want to stick a needle in to drain it. It did go away in several days. However post surgery I was nauseous and the food I liked didn’t appeal to me. I had a hard time eating and over several months I lost 50 pounds. I never liked ice cream but I developed a taste for homemade ice cream at a place where they made their own. I would go almost every day just to keep weight on. But they close in the winter. My thoughts go out to you with the loss of your father.