A vascular surgeon at Lanarkshire Hospital has carried out the first endovascular iliac branch aneurysm repair operation in Scotland.
Dr Kettlewell’s patient was a 67 year old man 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. The patient has made a good progress toward his normal lifestyle – an option open surgery would have made more difficult.
