A man died at the John Radcliffe Hospital after a major blood vessel burst, Oxford Coroner’s Court heard.
Neil Parsonage, 66, underwent emergency surgery for the ruptured aortic aneurysm, the name given to when a swelling in the main blood vessel from the heart to the stomach bursts, on March 26 last year.
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His inquest last week heard that the surgery was unsuccessful and he died at hospital on the same day.
He had been given an ‘exploratory laparotomy’ around a week before his death, on March 15. The procedure involves cutting into the abdomen in order to try and diagnose any abdominal problems.
Assistant coroner Nicholas Graham recorded a narrative conclusion. The cause of Mr Parsonage’s death was given as retroperitoneal haemorrhage and ruptured abdominal aorta aneurysm.
The record of inquest noted Mr Parsonage was a financial consultant who lived in Windsor.
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