Surgical treatment of complicated abdominal aortic aneurysms.

The clinical data presented in the given work are based on the treatment of 166 patients with complicated abdominal aortic aneurysms, operated on during 20 years, namely between 1984 and 2004. Of these, aneurysmal rupture was identified in 51 (30.7%) and the risk of rupture in 115 (69.

[The use of low-molecular heparins in reconstructive surgery of ascending aortic aneurysms].

This paper analyzes the results of the use of enoxaparin for anticoagulant therapy in reconstructions on the ascending aorta (AA) as compared to unfractionated heparin applied previously in the control group. Between 1986 and 2003 a total of 30 patients with AA aneurysms were operated on at the clinic. Insufficiency of the aortic valve with degree II-III regurgitation was present in 25 (83.

[Migration of the fragment of the subclavian catheter: diagnosis and surgical treatment].

Results of examination and surgical treatment of 68 patients after migration of foreign body (fragment of catheter) into venous bed were analyzed. Ultrasonic examination including transesophageal echocardiography was the main method of diagnosis. Various surgical approaches were used depending on localization of the foreign body.