Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Watch as the surgeon performs leading edge, minimally invasive surgery to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm.

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[BlakesMommy002]

Recently I have been feeling my pulse in my stomach its pretty strong and you can see it easilyif I lay down. I feel down there and theres a large knot ( atleast thatswhat it feels like) that hurts just a little if i press. its right at mybelly button, a little above, below and to the left i can feel the knot. could it be something like this???? Hmmm... Im on an aweful lot of lovonox as i get blood clotsoften. but i have a green feild filter in sso i should be ok right?

[MetroWestMedical]

@BlakesMommy002 Have you contacted your doctor about this?

[MsMezzaa]

Endovascular intervention is not a permanent solution to AAA. I have seen many previously treated AAA treated with open repair. I say, if the patient is fit enough - best to opt for open repair.

[MSLTUL]

I don't know.  This doesn't show you very much - the main idea behind a video - but I guess if I had a previous diagnosis it might be just the thing to get me into this hospital. I think that is what they are going for.

[micharguijo]

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They cut me all the way from right under my left shoulder blade all the way around my left side to my belly button. It took 75 staples to put the cut back together. It is August now and I am still feeling the soreness of the muscles growing back together.

[micharguijo]

I just had a surgery done in Jan 2011. The symptoms i was having was SEVERE lower back pain I could barely walk. I also had throbbing in my abdominal area from the pulsating of the Aneurysm. It felt like a pulled muscle in my lower back and finally went to go see a back Dr. I had an MRI done and that is when they found that I had a 6cm Aneurysm. This was my second one. my first one was in 1998. The Drs consider them VERY dangerous when they are 5cm.

[BlakesMommy002]

@MetroWestMedical I havent spoken with my cardiologist or hematologist because when I asked my PCP what it was she kinda just shrugged it off , saying it could just be gas or a number of things. She didnt even feel it, so ive been ignoring it. It doesnt really hurt but the knot feels a little bigger than it did a month ago. I have an appt with my hematologist next month to get switched to a heparin pump so I'll ask then. TY for responding.

[BlakesMommy002]

@MetroWestMedical I havent spoken with my cardiologist or hematologist because when I asked my PCP what it was she kinda just shrugged it off , saying it could just be gas or a number of things. She didnt even feel it, so ive been ignoring it. It doesnt really hurt but the knot feels a little bigger than it did a month ago. I have an appt with my hematologist next month to get switched to a heparin pump so I'll ask then. TY for responding.

[kim6901439]

hi my mom was told 2 years before her surgery it was 6 and they said they have to wait till it got be 8ctm,,my mom was 80 at the time of her surgery,,i am sure your mom at 73 should do great,,good luck to you and your family --Dave

[EclecticBarbarella]

@kim6901439 Hi, my mother is almost 72, she's going to go have this surgery, I'm glad your mother is ok now. The doctors told my mother she is should have a surgery in about two months because where I live is summer and it's too warmy. I don't want her to wait too long. Did you mother wait more than two months after her diagnosis to get the surgery? Thank you in advance.