R 5640 () 2 ng.cengage.com/static/r =+ Capstone Case Studies O X - | an answer blank for each code. 12. Qa3 13. Case 9 14. Preoperative Diagnosis: 15. Abdominal aortic aneurysm. 16 Postoperative Diagnosis: Same. Operation Performed: Abdominal 17 @ | aortic aneurysm repair, 18, retroperitoneal approach. Anesthesia: General endotracheal 19. 1 with epidural. 20. Indications For Procedure: The patient is a 51-year-old white male who was found to have an abdominal aortic aneurysm by physical exam. He has some history of glucose intolerance but is otherwise healthy. He is here for elective aneurysm repair. Procedure: The patient was taken to the operating room and placed on the table in the supine position and anesthetized with general endotracheal anesthesia without difficulty. A Foley catheter was inserted, and then the patient was positioned with his shoulders in the right lateral decubitus position and his hips as flat as possible to open up the space between his left iliac crest and his left costal margin. The table was also reverse flexed to help open up this space. We made an incision from the tip of