Pioneering aneurysm repair

Dr Stephen Kettlewell, Vascular Surgeon and Deputy Clinical Director of surgery for NHS Lanarkshire, along with Dr Fong Lau, Radiologist, carried out the endovascular repair operation using a Zenith Branch Endovascular Graft device from Cook Medical. This procedure is extremely rare, with only a handful carried out in the UK to date.
 
Stephen Kettlewell’s patient was Mr Fleming, a 67 year old who suffered from an aneurysm in the abdominal aorta which extended into his iliac arteries. The operation lasted five and a half hours, during which he was awake throughout. Mr Fleming has made a good progress toward his normal lifestyle – an option open surgery would have made more difficult.