ABSTRACT
Introduction Fifteen years ago, the only option for patients with large abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) that required either elective or emergent repair was an open surgical approach using a transperitoneal or retroperitoneal incision. Now with the advent of endovascular approaches to aortic diseases, many patients, especially those in the high-risk groups, have a minimally invasive option to permit repair of aortic aneurysms, dissections, pseudoaneurysms, and ruptures.
