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Why did you choose open surgery over an endovascular repair?

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Why did you choose open surgery over an endovascular repair?

Here is Emmanuel, an abdominal aortic aneurysm survivor discussing why he chose open surgery and not endovascular.

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Well, during one of the consultations with Mr. Jaffa, he suggested we do an open surgery instead of the pinhole and I agree with that. He explained to me that once the open surgery is done, it's done permanently and I wouldn't need to go through any repairs again. With the keyhole, the possibility was that I may have to do the repair again in the future day. So I opted for the open surgery.

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