Endovascular Method
Stent Graft Procedure
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An aneurysm is an enlargement of a vessel that can threaten the patient by either rupturing or clotting off. Traditional surgery for abdominal aortic aneurysms requires a large incision from just below your breastbone to the top of your pubic bone.
A very exciting new development has occurred in the treatment of aneurysms. Abdominal aortic aneurysms can now be treated by placing a graft through the inside of the aneurysm. This avoids major surgery and limits hospitalization and recovery time.
The Endovascular Method, approved by the FDA in the fall of 1999, allows the tightly wrapped graft to be delivered via a catheter (tube) inserted in a groin artery. Using x-rays for proper positioning, doctors secure the graft in place by inflating a balloon to expand the graft to the size needed to prevent blood flow into the aneurysm.
For most patients, the hospital stay is only overnight, with a return to work or normal daily activities in about a week. Even patients with multiple medical problems, once thought too sick to undergo traditional abdominal aortic aneurysms repair, can have their AAA repaired with an endovascular method, and often be home the next day.
Once it is determined a patient is a candidate for the stent graft procedure offered by The Vascular Center, please call (864) 596-7428 to schedule an appointment. |
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