Endovascular Repair of the Juxtarenal AAA: The Future of Endovascular Nursing

Suprarenal and juxtarenal aneurysm (AAA) repair surgery is seen as a vascular surgical tour de force. Historically, this has been accomplished via open repair with prolonged surgical time and multiple visceral branch reconstructions. It remains the most complicated vascular surgical repair performed and has an operative mortality of 20 %. With the advent of minimally invasive endovascular technology, more and more endovascular centers around the country are utilizing hybrid operating rooms to repair complicated aortic aneurysms using an endovascular approach.
Source: Journal of Vascular Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research