Fahri Kılınç, 85, living in Kahramanmaraş, had been suffering from abdominal pain for 4 years. When he went to the hospital, it turned out that the main aortic vessel in his abdomen, which should have been 3 centimeters in diameter, had grown to 15 centimeters in diameter. Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University Medical Faculty Cardiovascular Surgery Specialist Dr. Under the leadership of Mehmet Kirişçi, the patient was treated with closed surgery instead of open surgery, which was risky.
The stent-graft, which was specially brought for the patient Fahri Kılınç, was placed on the diseased vessel area with a special fabric covered wire cage. After the closed operation, the patient’s vein was reduced to normal diameter and he regained his health.
IT CAN EXPLODE AT ANY TIME
Dr. Mehmet Kirişçi said, “Our uncle applied to us with severe abdominal pain. In the previous examinations, we were told that there was a ballooning in the abdominal vessel and we were told to go to an advanced center, and we were told that the ballooning vessel should be repaired. We applied to us with these complaints and we examined the patient. We also made films ourselves and saw that the main aorta in his abdomen had ballooned to a great extent. We observed that the normal 2-3 cm diameter of the vessel has reached 15 cm and the vessel wall is in a position to burst at any moment by examining it. We expressed this situation to our patient and relatives and started the treatment. Performing the repair part of the enlarged vein as an open surgery was a risky operation. At the end of our evaluations, we took the patient to the operation with the closed method, although it was difficult.”
ITS VEIN IS THE SIZE OF WATERMEON
Stating that the vein in Kilinc’s abdomen was the size of a watermelon, Dr. Kirişçi said, “Under normal conditions, it would have resulted in death until this diameter formed. We completely closed the ballooning vessel there. After the procedure, the existing complaints of our patient regressed. The blood supply of the ballooning vessel was also closed and we removed the aneurysmatic structure there. So let’s think of the vessel as a balloon, and as it grows, the risk of bursting increases. “In other words, the vein has grown by about 10 centimeters above the standard. If he had not come here, he could have died.”
The granddaughter of the old man, who regained his health, said, “We came to the hospital and they had us have a CT scan, and after the necessary examinations, they took us into surgery a week later. He is now in good health,” he said.
Patient Fahri Kılınç said, “I had a swelling in my stomach and I couldn’t stop from its pain. My current situation is very good,” he said.