CAMPUS NEWSPitts Library to provide electronic access to works of religious author Thomas MertonPerforming arts center will be named for alumna, husbandPeopleSoft student admissions systems ready to go onlineHospital performs new, less invasive aneurysm repair Three patients at Emory Hospital have successfully undergone a new type of minimally invasive vascular surgery to treat dangerous abdominal aortic aneurysms, reducing the patient's recovery time and hospitalization. About five years ago, Emory doctors were among the first in the country to begin treating aortic aneurysms-- dilations in the major artery carrying freshly oxygenated blood from the heart--with grafts administered via Excluder catheters through tiny incisions, a dramatic alternative to the large abdominal incisions usually required. All three patients treated this month were discharged two days after surgery, according to team leaders Adam Lumsden, chief of vascular surgery, and Woody Smith, interventional radiologist. Conventional aortic repair usually requires two to three days in intensive care and another six to eight days of hospital recovery. "Even patients with narrowed and tortuous vessels can be successfully implanted," Lumsden said. "Furthermore, this device allows for the successful implantation of patients who are at prohibitive risk for open repair aneurysm." |
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