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.
Aneurysmorrhaphy can be divided into three word parts: "aneurysm," which refers to an abnormal bulge in a blood vessel; "orrhaphy," which comes from the Greek "raphē," meaning to suture or stitch; and the connecting element, which is often implied in medical terminology. Thus, the term describes a surgical procedure that involves suturing or repairing 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.