Complex endovascular surgery gives Pakistani patient a new lease of life

Complex endovascular surgery gives Pakistani patient a new lease of life

Dr Ali Keivanjah poses with the Pakistani patient SK.

Gulf Today, Staff Reporter

The life of a 59-year-old Pakistani patient who was at the risk of suffering a rupture of the major abdominal aorta was saved by performing a complex endovascular surgery at Burjeel Hospital, Abu Dhabi. Asymptomatic, his condition was revealed in a medical check-up.

The doctor, Ali Keivanjah, Consultant Vascular Surgeon at Burjeel Hospital, performed a three-hour-long complex endovascular surgery to implant a multi-segmental customized stent graft with five stents inside the abdominal portion of the aorta to provide support for the weakened artery and avoid a fatal rupture.

 

The abdominal aorta is the largest blood vessel in the abdominal cavity, and its rupture would lead to severe and fatal internal bleeding. Eight of the ten patients who suffer the rupture die before they reach the hospital.  

 

The patient, SK, an entrepreneur, was diagnosed with over a five-centimeters wide bulging on his abdominal aorta during an MRI scan after he met with a minor accident in Dubai on Aug.15. 

 

A resident of Dubai, SK slipped and twisted his leg and fell unconscious. "It took me some time to realize what has happened. A few people at the place helped me. When I regained consciousness,