Aortic Aneurysm Repair/Removal Side Effects and Warnings

Possible Complications

If you are planning to have an aortic aneurysm repair, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:

• Problems from general anesthesia (eg, light-headedness, low blood pressure, wheezing)
• Infection
• Bleeding
• Blood clot formation
• Damage to organs or tissue
• Death

Factors that may increase the risk of complications include:

• Emergency surgery due to a burst aneurysm
• Heart disease
• Previous episodes of transient ischemic attacks or strokes
• Lung disease
• Debilitation due to cancer
• Diabetes
• Obesity

Call Your Doctor

After you leave the hospital, contact your doctor if any of the following occurs:

• Signs of infection, including fever and chills
• Redness, swelling, increasing pain, excessive bleeding, or any discharge from the incision site
• Pain or swelling in your abdomen
• Nausea and/or vomiting that you cannot control with the medicines you were given after surgery, or which persist for more than two days after discharge from the hospital
• Pain that you cannot control with the medicines you have been given
• Pain, burning, urgency or frequency of urination, or persistent bleeding in the urine
• Cough, shortness of breath, or chest pain
• Pain or swelling in your feet, calves, or legs

In case of an emergency, CALL 911.