Understanding patients' experiences of recovery after staged complex aortic repair: A phenomenological study.
Linda HaaksethAnders WanhainenMartin BjörckEva JanglandPublished in: Journal of advanced nursing (2019)
Patients' experience of recovery after staged aortic repair has not previously been investigated. The findings indicate that these patients struggle with various physical and psychological setbacks continuing years after their operations. These results will inform further research on this group of patients and guide healthcare professionals in the care of these patients in their transition back to recovery.