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ArticleGhana medical journal2021

Endovascular repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm: a seminal case in West Africa.

Lily Wu, Benard O Botwe

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Article in Ghana medical journal, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Lily WuDepartment of Surgery, University of Ghana Medical School, College of Health Sciences, Korle Bu, Accra.
Benard O BotweDepartment of Radiography, School of Biomedical & Allied Sciences, CHS, University of Ghana, Korle Bu, Accra.

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Abstract

Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) is a fatal disease with high perioperative morbidity and mortality. Endovascular AAA repair (EVAR) is associated with remarkable improvement in the morbidity, mortality and length of hospital stay relative to open operative repair. We report a 79-year-old man with epigastric pain, which was diagnosed to be due to AAA on a computerised tomography angiogram (CTA). His only risk factor was hypertension. He had endovascular repair in 2018, the first-ever in Ghana and West Africa. 2021 is the 3rd year of surveillance post- EVAR with no disease progression or complication. This seminal case is a beacon of hope in Ghana's resource-constrained healthcare system. Funding: None declared.

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Aortic Aneurysm, AbdominalEndovascular ProceduresAgedGhanaHumansLength of StayMaleRetrospective StudiesRisk FactorsTreatment OutcomeEVARGhanaOpen repairSymptomatic AAAWest Africa

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PMID35957931
PMCPMC9334969

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