Emergent surgery for 3 aged patients who refused elective operation for thoracic aortic aneurysm

This report describes 3 aged patients undergoing emergent surgery who refused elective operation for a thoracic aortic aneurysm because of freedom from symptoms attributable to the aneurysm at the time of presentation. A 77-year-old woman with a thoracoabdominal aneurysm 57 mm in diameter at present...

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Published in:General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery 2003-09, Vol.51 (9), p.438-441
Main Authors: Kawachi, Yoshito, Nakashima, Atsuhiro, Toshima, Yoshihiro, Kosuga, Tomokazu, Imasaka, Kenichi, Tomoeda, Hiroshi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic - surgery
Elective Surgical Procedures
Emergencies
Female
Humans
Male
Patient Compliance
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:This report describes 3 aged patients undergoing emergent surgery who refused elective operation for a thoracic aortic aneurysm because of freedom from symptoms attributable to the aneurysm at the time of presentation. A 77-year-old woman with a thoracoabdominal aneurysm 57 mm in diameter at presentation had recurrent hemoptysis 12 months later. A 78-year-old man with a saccular type distal arch aneurysm 64 mm in diameter at presentation was transported with shock and hemothorax 27 months later. Another 82-year-old man with a saccular type distal arch aneurysm 60 mm in diameter at presentation was admitted with severe chest and back pain 36 months later. All of them underwent tube graft replacements of the aneurysm urgently and were discharged on foot. Aged patients with life-threatening events should not be denied surgical intervention because of excessive operative mortality and morbidity, even if they had previously refused elective surgery.
ISSN:1344-4964
1863-6705
1863-6713
DOI:10.1007/BF02719598