The word "aneurysmorrhaphy" can be broken down into the following components: Aneurysm: a localized dilation of an artery caused by a weakening of the vessel wall -orrhaphy: a suffix indicating a surgical repair or suture So, "aneurysmorrhaphy" refers to the surgical repair of an aneurysm.
The most common method of surgical repair is to cut out the bulging section of artery wall and sew a Dacron fiber material into its place in the vessel wall.
Abdominal aneurysmorrhaphy is the medical term meaning suture of an abdominal aneurysm. A localized balloonlike enlargement of an artery is an aneurysm.
Angiorrhaphy is surgical suture of a vessel. Angi/o means blood vessel and rrhaphy is suturing. The junction in between two sutured blood vessels is called an anastamosis. Angioplasty is any surgical repair of a blood vessel.