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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Research from Emory University, Medical Department reveals new findings on abdominal aortic aneurysm
June 23rd, 2009
According to recent research published in the Canadian Journal of Urology, "Laparoscopic radical nephrectomy has become an international standard of care for medium to large renal tumors. Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) has been accepted as a reasonable alternative to open abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair." "We report a case of minimally invasive management of two potentially lethal diseases in a single hospitalization. The patient is a 76-year-old male who was found to have ail incidental finding of ail AAA and ail enhancing 9 cm left central renal mass. He was deemed to be all appropriate candidate for endovascular AAA repair and laparoscopic...
Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-06-23)
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