[Aneurysms of the abdominal aorta in patients on a permanent hemodialysis program].

Surgical approach of an aneurysm at the infrarenal aorta abdominal, in six patients with terminal renal failure and chronic hemodialysis, is presented. They were all men, and the middle age was 62 years. There were two hospital deaths and a latter death. At the moment of this report, the three survival patients are well, after a follow-time of 34.6 months. Treatment of this group of patients, as well as the literature concerning to this subject are reviewed.