Mr Usman Jaffer explains that the recovery time after repairing an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) mainly depends on whether you have endovascular repair (EVAR) or open repair.
With an endovascular repair, the recovery time is usually quicker. You could expect to be discharged home in a day or two if there are no complications and get back to normal activities in a few days. It is very unlikely you will need to stay in intensive care.
An open repair is a major surgery so you should expect to be in hospital for about a week and slowly getting back to normal activities over a period of about 6 weeks. You will probably need to stay in an intensive care or a high dependency unit at least the night after the operation.
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How long does it take to recover after an aneurysm repair? It depends predominantly on the form of repair you have. If you've had an endovascular repair, a keyhole repair, it is entirely possible you'd go home within 24 hours, providing the procedure goes well with no complications. In terms of an open repair, you'll probably be in hospital for 4, 5, 6, 7 days, just because of the size of the surgery. In terms of feeling better, the endovascular repair, you know, it's had minimum impact upon you and you should be back to normal activities in a few days. With regards to the open repair, you know, you may well be home in a week but every week will be a progressively sort of progression towards back to normal and full recovery may take up to six weeks or even two to three months on an ongoing basis. In terms of intensive care, it's extremely unlikely you'll go to intensive care after a standard, what we call an infarene on an EVAR operation or endovascular or keyhole repair. You may need a few hours in recovery or a post-operative bay before you go to the ward. In terms of an open operation, you're probably going to be be kept in a high dependency unit for an overnight stay at least.
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