Long-term survival following emergency abdominal aortic aneurysm repair

Survival following emergency surgery; for ruptured abdominal aortic aneurys m remains poor and is in stark contrast to that for elective repair. We hav e carried out a 5-year retrospective observational study to determine the l ong-term (5-year) survival of patients following emergency surgery for rupt ured abdominal aortic aneurysm at a district general hospital in East Angli a. A total of 99 patients presented to the operating theatre for emergency repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm in this 5-year study period. I n-hospital mortality was 70% and was unchanged over the 5 ! ears. Overall l ong-term survival in those patients discharged from hospital was good. The ICU cost per long-term survivor was calculated to be pound 36 750.