How long does it take to fully recover from endovascular aneurysm repair? Is there much pain involved?
Because endovascular aneurysm repair does not involve surgery, there is very little recovery time involved after repair of unruptured aneurysms. Most individuals experience a mild to moderate headache for 3-4 days after repair. This is related to inflammation caused by the coils, which usually self resolves in a few days to a week. Most people don’t feel like doing much during this time. Otherwise, that’s it. Most folks are encouraged to return to their full activity level as soon as they feel up to it. For most patients, that means less than a week.
