Journal of Vascular Medicine & Surgery

Amer Harky

Publications

• Research Article
  Local Anaesthetic Technique in Endovascular Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Is it Time to Change the Paradigm?
  Author(s): Amer Harky, Ka Siu Fan, Hiu Tat Kwok and Jeremy ChanAmer Harky, Ka Siu Fan, Hiu Tat Kwok and Jeremy Chan
  
  Endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm has been the main treatment approach for the last two decades. Its outcomes have been reported to be satisfactory over such period and provided a lower morbidity and mortality rates when compared to the conventional open repairs. With time, the initial use of general anaesthetics has been replaced with regional anaesthesia and lately, the utilization of local anaesthesia (LA) for stenting the abdominal aortic aneurysms have been practiced in several centres internationally with excellent outcomes in selected cohorts. The key success in using LA is the advancement in the access techniques and less requirement for conventional open method to advance and deploy the stents through the femoral artery. This literature review aims at examining the current evidences behind the success of LA and whether it is going to be the new wide spread .. View More»
  

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