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Aortic aneurysm repair - endovascular - Risks

Alternative Names

EVAR; Endovascular aneurysm repair - aorta; AAA repair - endovascular; Repair - aortic aneurysm - endovascular

Risks:

Risks for any surgery are:

Risks for this surgery are:

  • Bleeding around the graft that needs more surgery
  • Bleeding before or after procedure
  • Blockage of the stent
  • Damage to a nerve, causing weakness, pain, or numbness in the leg
  • Kidney failure
  • Poor blood supply to your legs, your kidneys, or other organs
  • Problems getting or keeping an erection
  • Surgery is not successful and you need open surgery
  • The stent slips
  • Reviewed last on: 11/18/2010
  • Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD, Specializing in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Midland, TX. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Gloviczki P, Ricotta JJ II. Aneurysmal vascular disease. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 65.

De Bruin JL, Baas AF, Buth J, Prinssen M, Verhoeven EL, Cuypers PW, et al: DREAM Study Group. Long-term outcome of open or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1881-1889.

United Kingdom EVAR Trial Investigators, Greenhalgh RM, Brown LC, Powell JT, Thompson SG, Epstein D, Sculpher MJ. Endovascular versus open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1863-1871.

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