Objective To investigate the measures to decrease the operation mortality of ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm(rAAA)patients.Methods 12 patients with rAAA underwent emergent laparotomy.During the operations,autologous blood transfusions(from 800 to 8400ml)were done in 10 patients,and the aorta proximal to the ruptured aneurysms were cross-clamped in the level of descending aorta through the combined thoracic-abdominal incisions in 6 patients.Results Among the 12 patients with rAAA who underwent operatio...