2014 Volume 54 Issue 3 Pages 19-23
This study was conducted to assess surgical outcomes of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) in patients aged 80 years and older. We analyzed 24 aged patients who underwent surgical repair of AAA between January 2011 and March 2013 retrospectively. Mean age was 84.8±4.5 years, eight cases of AAA rupture were present. There were two hospital deaths (8.3%), which were preoperative ruptured cases. Postoperative morbidity occurred in eight. In 16 non-ruptured cases, we did not experience any in hospital deaths (p=0.6560). Of the 22 survivors, 13 (59%) were discharged on foot. In non-ruptured cases, 12 (75%) out of 16 were discharged on foot. Surgical outcomes of AAA, in aged patients at our hospital, were satisfactory in elective surgeries.
