Endovascular repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm: a seminal case in West Africa
Wu, L. & Ohene-Botwe, B. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-0477-640X (2021).
Endovascular repair of symptomatic abdominal aortic aneurysm: a seminal case in West Africa.
Ghana Medical Journal, 55(4),
pp. 311-314.
doi: 10.4314/gmj.v55i4.13
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.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Copyright © The Author(s). This is an Open Access article under the CC BY license. |
| Publisher Keywords: | Symptomatic AAA, EVAR, Open repair, Ghana, West Africa |
| Subjects: | D History General and Old World > DT Africa R Medicine > RC Internal medicine |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Midwifery & Radiography |
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