The commonest site of rupture of abdominal aoic aneurysms is NOT RELATED - MEDICINE: (A) Anterior, (B) Posterior, (C) Left retroperitoneum, (D) Right retroperitoneum
Answer is C. Abdominal aoic aneurysms can rupture anteriorly into the peritoneal cavity (20 per cent) or posterolaterally into the retroperitoneal space (80 per cent). The most common complications after open repair are cardiac (ischaemia and infarction) and respiratory (atelectasis and lower lobe consolidation)