The first successful resection of an aneurysm of the abdominal aorta followed by re-establishment of continuity using a preserved human arterial graft

The correlation of aortic neck length to early and late outcomes in endovascular aneurysm repair patients

“…1 The treatment of AAA was revolutionized in the last decade with the advent of endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) with stents in 1991. 2 The suitability for EVAR, based on the manufacturers instructions for use (IFU), requires a specific length of infrarenal aorta free of aneurysm and severe infrarenal aortic angulation.…”

European origins of the vascular speciality and foundation of the European Board of Vascular Surgery (EBVS)

“…4), was responsible for the first operation to repair an abdominal aortic aneurysm [9]. This was in 1952.…”

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in Patients with End Stage Renal Disease

“…The first reported surgical repair of an infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) was carried out 50 years ago using an arterial homograft (1). Since that time various advances in surgical and anaesthetic techniques, graft materials and peri-operative management have led to considerable improvement in the early mortality and morbitidy rate of this procedure.…”