Mid-term survival and costs of treatment of patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms; endovascular vs. open repair: A case-control study

European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-34

  Glade, G J ^a   Vahl, A C ^a   Wisselink, W ^b   Linsen, M A M ^b   Balm, R ^c  

^a Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis ^*  (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Costs; Descending; Endovascular; Grafting; Mortality; Paraplegia; Survival; Thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA GRAFT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DESCENDING AORTA; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PARAPLEGIA; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOPLASTY; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 10244252837     PISSN: 10785884     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejvs.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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