A vascular surgeon at Lanarkshire Hospital has carried out the first endovascular iliac branch aneurysm repair operation in Scotland.
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.
