SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) – WTOC’s Dawn Baker visited Memorial Health for the Welcome to Our Community show. She was joined by two vascular surgeons, Dr. Larry Horesh and Dr. Jerry Cohn.
Dr. Larry Horesh and Dr. Jerry Cohn discussed aneurysms and their impact.
“If they get to a certain size, they can actually threaten people’s lives,” Cohn said.
Risk factors and screening
About 10,000 aneurysm ruptures occur per year, according to Horesh. The majority of repairs are performed with special stents that have become more specific for complicated aneurysms…