A 73 year old patient was admitted with back pain in the thoracic and lumbar area; CT angiography revealed a 60×70 mm saccular splenic artery aneurysm (SAA) (panel A). The symptomatic SAA was repaired via a left subcostal incision, with end to end splenic artery reconstruction precluding the need for great saphenous vein or prosthetic graft interposition (panel B, hollow black arrow = anastomosis, yellow arrows = margins of the open SAA sac). The patient was discharged home 8 days after the operation in a clinically stable condition and with relief of his back pain.
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Published online: March 18, 2017
Accepted:
February 14,
2017
Received:
January 16,
2017
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