What is a FEVAR?

explain what a FEVAR is? So FEVAR stands for Fenestrated Endovascular Aortic Repair so the some aneurysms extend above the kidney arteries or the renal arteries so previously those could only be repaired by open surgery so now there are various different ways to treat these but probably the commonest, most commonly employed is fenestrated the use of fenestrated stent grafts and what this means is that a stent graft is made that extends above the level of the renal arteries and small holes or fenestrations are made in a stent graft which is built specifically for one patient so it's custom made and then that stent graft is deployed orientated so those small holes line up with the aortic branches and then either from coming from down from the top down from the arm or up from the groin you then place small stents through these holes or fenestrations and they go into the branch of the aorta and this enables us to treat aneurysms which previously we could only treat with open surgery. It's a slightly more prolonged and more difficult procedure technically and so that means that the recovery time is often a little bit longer and then the risk of of failure later on down the line can be greater in very complex cases. But again, it's something really which is constantly in evolution, and certainly is now a valid option for treating more complex aneurysms.