Chapters Transcript Video Innovative Aortic Repair Spares Patients From Grueling Aneurysm Surgery I was making rounds actually in a patient's room, was listening to them and I developed this severe severe chest pain. It literally felt like somebody was stabbing me in the back and pulling a knife down. I couldn't stand up. I went and sat down on the chair and I told the patient who I was examining, I said you need to call the nurse. I could barely breathe every time I would breathe it was hurt. So he calls the nurse. The nurse comes running in and she immediately goes to the patient goes what's wrong? What's wrong with? The patient? Goes it's not me, it's him. Dr Dean came to me with and underlying condition called an aortic dissection which eventually evolved into a full throttle abdominal aortic aneurysm. It took out the blood supply to both kidneys, my bowel, it took out it dissected through the vessels going down in my legs. A triple A. Or an abdominal aortic aneurysm is an abnormal or pathological dilation or enlargement of a section of the human aorta. These aneurysms can only be treated with surgery. We have been able to offer such patients like Dr Dean's a really a less invasive manner such that they can recover and continue to lead a quality of life. That would not have been possible prior to availability of such special stents. I sought Dr. Lee out after I I spoke with a number of other physicians and they said there's only a handful of people probably in the world that can do this and even fewer in the United States. That's why I went to him. They said he's the best after his procedures. I was back at work probably in 10 days. Was I scared, honestly? Yeah, I was scared, but I knew I was in the best hands, uh, not not just dr lee with a whole group at BOCA. Created by
