Rupture of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms: A Concurrent Comparison of Outcome of Those Occurring After Endoluminal Repair Versus Those Occurring De Novo

Aim to compare the outcome of patients whose abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) ruptured following endoluminal repair with those whose AAA ruptured prior to treatment. Patients over a 4-year period 434 patients underwent treatment for AAA with conventional open (n=253) and endoluminal repair (n=181). Of those having open repair, 216 patients had elective operations while 41 had operations for ruptured AAA. Four patients with ruptured AAA had undergone endoluminal repair previously (Group I) while the remaining 37 patients ruptured de novo (Group II). The patients in both groups were similar in age and sex but differed clinically. All four patients in Group I had major medical co-morbidities versus 56% in Group II (p