Cor Vasa 2005, 46(11):441-444
Abdominal aortic aneurysm resection with full laparoscopy-assisted aorto-aortic replacement
- Oddělení cévní chirurgie, Nemocnice Na Homolce, Praha, Česká republika
The massive development in laparoscopic surgery in the 1990s had its repercussions in vascular surgery, as reflected by efforts at minimally invasive procedures also in vascular surgery.
In 1993, Dion (Québec, Canada) performed the first laparoscopy-assisted aorto-bifemoral bypass followed, in 1995, by exper-imental laparoscopy-assisted abdominal aorta aneurysm resection. In 1999, McMillan was the first to perform thoraco-scopy-assisted aorto-femoral bypass. At present, laparoscopy-guided vascular reconstruction procedures are carried out in a number of centers all over the world. Beginning November 2002, some procedures in the aortoiliac region started to be undertaken using minilaparotomy and, beginning September 2003, using full laparoscopy in the Department of Vascular Surgery of the Prague-based Na Homolce Hospital.
The authors present their initial experience with laparoscopy-assisted resection of abdominal aorta aneurysm with aorto-aortic replacement as the first such procedure performed in the Czech Republic.
Keywords: Laparoscopy; Vascular reconstructions; Minilaparotomy; Laparoscopy-assisted abdominal aorta aneurysm resection
Published: November 1, 2005 Show citation