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, and only a few have been carried out in the UK to date.

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.